Sentences with phrase «away by rainfall»

In this century alone — between 2001 and 2012 — an estimated 35.9 bn metric tons of soil was displaced each year, mostly washed away by rainfall.

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One really interesting, unforeseen point that has emerged is the factor of interchangeable weather, and how the Halo is making rainfall less obvious to the driver by deflecting water droplets away from the driver's visor.

Plants use carbon dioxide from the air to grow parts that eventually fall to the ground to decompose or get washed away by the region's plentiful rainfall.

Amazonian soils, in turn, are short on phosphorus and other critical nutrients that get washed away by the basin's frequent and heavy rainfall.

Another major threat caused by these storms is torrential rainfall, which can cause fresh water flooding in areas farther away from the coast.