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Clouds-Types and Formations
a visible aggregate of tiny water droplets and/or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere and can exist in a variety of shapes and sizes.
As many other things in nature and in meteorology, clodus are classified. Such classifications are based upon the relative alititude of a cloud. Low Level, Mid Level, and High Level Clouds.
Clouds are also given special names that usually indicate both the cloud's location in the sky and its effect or cause.
Cloud Prefixes
| Latin Root | Translation | Example |
| cumulus | heap | fair weather cumulus |
| stratus | layer | altostratus |
| cirrus | curl of hair | cirrus |
| nimbus | rain | cumulonimbus |
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