This bare, sandy earth then becomes an effective rain trap - with no vegetation, water cannot be lost through transpiration (the evaporation of water from plants).
Curiously, the previous-generation product wasn't rain-proof, but that's been resolved now -- a new water- and dust-resistant housing is designed to let water flow through the eyepieces without accumulation.
Hopes of a free-flowing encounter were dimmed by the grey, rain-laden skies, that left pools of water on the pitch.
The woman's home in a narrow alley doesn't have a proper roof, so the place was damp and water-logged after recent rain storms.
Afghanistan's vast mountain ranges capture enough rain water, but farmers manage to harness only 12-15% of it.
As the rain comes down, fans have taken to sliding across water-slickened tarps and muddy stretches in a makeshift slip-and-slide.
In Virginia and North Carolina, rain caused problems for counties using optical-scan paper ballots after water dripping off of wet voters rendered the ballots unreadable by scanners.
The Woodland Trust said the planting also had the unexpected benefit of reducing water run-off from grassland in heavy rain, and led to research and important new evidence of the role trees can play in flood control.
In suburban Chicago, which got up to 7 inches of rain in a 24-hour period ending Thursday, record levels of water were moving through the Des Plaines River past heavily populated western suburbs and into the Illinois River to the south.
Bring packaged snacks, wet wipes, Ziploc bags, a change of clothes, disposable rain ponchos, sunscreen, bug repellent, water bottles, a small first-aid kit, small toys, coloring books and glow-in-the-dark sticks and necklaces (which the parks sell at dusk but they charge a fortune).
Water levels are expected to remain high after more rain fell in Wales - the source of the river - overnight into Tuesday.
This information has been provided by Radarsat, a Canadian satellite capable of detecting detailed water and land features through thick clouds, fog and rain using synthetic-aperture radar equipment.
Water levels are expected to remain high as more rain has fallen in Wales - the source of the river.
Its street level windows have been boarded-up, the glass on the clock vandalised and metal theft has allowed rain water to get in, the Victorian Society said.
The Environment Agency says rain and melting snow are expected to lead to rising water levels in rivers in south-west England and has three flood warnings in place.
"Water everywhere - except reservoirs", the paper writes, adding that more rain is predicted in the coming days.
The rain and river water in the city state's reservoirs is being mixed with recycled waste-water from air-conditioners, sinks and toilets.
It is unfair to categorise Syrian plans for irrigation as a waste of water when Turkey plans much more, yet has a climate better suited to rain-fed agriculture than Syria's or Iraq's.
Meteorologist Jeff Masters notes today that although the storm surge has pushed salt water from the Gulf as far as 314 miles upstream, all the rain expected to fall north of New Orleans in the coming days will help raise near record-low water levels on the river and flush the salt water back out.
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