"Rainfall" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... problems (no natural reservoir catchments, seasonal disparity in rainfall; sea water intrusion to island's largest aquifer; increased salination in the north); water pollution from sewage and industrial wastes; coastal degradation; loss of wildlife habitats ...
— The 1999 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... hurricane season, these structures are not renewed until settled weather. In so small and low lying an island as that of Nassau, it is very plain that this crystal liquid, pure and tasteless, cannot come from any rainfall upon the soil, and its existence, therefore, suggests a problem, the solving of which ...
— Due South or Cuba Past and Present • Maturin M. Ballou
... supported a large population. The interior, except for occasional oases, is a desert, inhabited only by wandering tribes. Along the southern and western coasts, between the mountains and the sea, the soil is generally fertile, the climate temperate, and the rainfall sufficient. Here the chief ...
— EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY • HUTTON WEBSTER
... is any temporary accumulation of water (whether caused by rainfall or otherwise) which is not one of the ordinary and ...
— The Complete Golfer [1905] • Harry Vardon
... blast. This annoyance lasts through June and a part of July, fully six weeks, and then the stems themselves drop to, the ground, still holding enough cotton to keep up the storm for days. After this, the first rainfall ends ...
— A Bird-Lover in the West • Olive Thorne Miller
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