Rainfall
Monthly rainfall measured from orbit — the tropics drink, the deserts wait.
About this globe
Monthly rainfall measured by the Global Precipitation Measurement mission. The heaviest band — the Intertropical Convergence Zone — rings the planet near the equator, where rising air wrings itself out daily.
Compare this globe with the vegetation one: green follows rain almost everywhere, except where rivers carry water into deserts.
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Print at 100% scale. Cut along solid lines, fold along dashed lines, glue the tabs. Your PDF can take up to a minute to prepare — hang tight after clicking.
In the US? Print the A4 file and choose “fit to page” — it scales cleanly onto Letter paper.
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"Rainfall" folding paper globe — free from Folding Globes, https://foldingglobes.com/globes/rainfall · Data: NASA Earth Observations (GPM IMERG)
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