pluvial
Speech parts
1. pluvial - Noun
2. pluvial - Adjective
Meaning
Of or pertaining to rain; rainy.
Produced by the action of rain.
A priest's cope.
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Formerly a pluvial was thought to correspond to a glacial in regions not iced, and in some cases it does.
Corresponding to the terms glacial and interglacial, the terms pluvial and interpluvial are in use (Latin: pluvia, rain).
The Portneuf River Valley is an overflow channel that in the last glacial period carried floodwaters from pluvial Lake Bonneville into the Snake River Plain, carving out many topographic features and significantly altering the Snake River landscape.
For example, some have used the term "Riss pluvial" in Egyptian contexts.