<p>From my recollection of secondary Geography classes, 降水／降雨 = precipitation, which means the amount of rainfail. But, this is not equivalent to 增水, how much the dam or the reservoir will accumulate. They're probably two different ways of measuring rainfall.</p>

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2017-10-20T21:07:38.890Z
2017-10-20T21:07:38.890Z
Ku Zijie
<p>As a regular listener of car radio, I notice that in recent weather reports of the national radio of China, a new phrase 增水 is used to describe the rainfall, e.g., 台风卡努将会为海南带来100毫米增水, but if it was in the past, the same would be 降水. So what is the difference?</p>

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2017-10-15T11:51:16.693Z
增水 I have never seen the word before. Is it Taiwanese ?
Zang MingJie
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增水 bkrs：damming up surge; flooding; damming up 增水幅度 amplitude of setup  http://www.baike.com/wiki/%E5%A2%9E%E6%B0%B4  增水是气象潮的一种。由强向岸风、高大气压及波浪进流等引起的海水向岸边上涨的现象。增水时海岸常被水淹没。　英文：set up submergence
降水 rain and snow
precipitation (meteorology)  rainfall; rain;
user6065
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2017-12-23T12:35:03.023Z
so 增水 is same as 涨潮，right?
Daniel Yang
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What is the difference between 降水 and 增水?
# What is the difference between 降水 and 增水?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-15)

As a regular listener of car radio, I notice that in recent weather reports of the national radio of China, a new phrase 增水 is used to describe the rainfall, e.g., 台风卡努将会为海南带来100毫米增水, but if it was in the past, the same would be 降水. So what is the difference?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 增水 I have never seen the word before. Is it Taiwanese ?  
> **username_2**: 增水 bkrs：damming up surge; flooding; damming up 增水幅度 amplitude of setup  http://www.baike.com/wiki/%E5%A2%9E%E6%B0%B4  增水是气象潮的一种。由强向岸风、高大气压及波浪进流等引起的海水向岸边上涨的现象。增水时海岸常被水淹没。　英文：set up submergence 降水 rain and snow precipitation (meteorology)  rainfall; rain;  
> **username_3**: so 增水 is same as 涨潮，right?  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-10-20. Score: 0

From my recollection of secondary Geography classes, 降水／降雨 = precipitation, which means the amount of rainfail. But, this is not equivalent to 增水, how much the dam or the reservoir will accumulate. They're probably two different ways of measuring rainfall.


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