Une dépression

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Une dépression

Dictionaries give two different meanings for "dépression" in the weather context - either low pressure system or heavy rains. Low pressure leads to rainstorms, but which is meant in this excercise?

This question relates to:French dictation exercise "Tomorrow morning's weather forecast"

Dictation exercise C1

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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Sean,

There are international norms for such expressions and I always took it as meaning as a low-pressure system, but this is not my field.

Take a look at the following Wiki page which I found with lots of interesting weather vocabulary that might interest you -

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9pression_(m%C3%A9t%C3%A9orologie)

Bonne Continuation!

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Une dépression

Dictionaries give two different meanings for "dépression" in the weather context - either low pressure system or heavy rains. Low pressure leads to rainstorms, but which is meant in this excercise?

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