Sentences with phrase «high rainfall»

Roo does admit that Australia's rainfall is largely determined by ENSO, and the high rainfall across the whole country except for SW Australia in October 2010 - March 2011 is associated with the current La Nina.

These could be high winds, high temperatures and drought, and, in desert regions, unusually high rainfall the preceding season that triggers greater growth and more fuel for the next fire.

Due to associated flooding and high rainfall, the resulting change in salinity disrupts coral osmosis, which can result in coral death.

These factors include the manufacturing downturn, the physical displacement effect of increased renewable energy, the price effects of subsidies and network «gold plating», the effect of high rainfall w.r.t. hydro and coal mine flooding and finally the carbon tax.

If this can be achieved it should provide environmental benefits across the city and contribute to green infrastructure, particularly as climate change impacts like urban heating and high rainfall events increase.

I may add that these two companies (Lihir and Ramu Nickel) and its consultants have argued before the Court that, because the site is located in a seismically active and high rainfall zone with sharp topography, a conventional land - based tailings storage facility (TSF) is too expensive and environmentally unsuitable.

That is, after all, one way to get high rainfall totals.

This period also includes an absence of high rainfall years that were common prior to that period.

The use of very large atmospheric model ensemble to assess potential anthropogenic influence on the UK summer 2012 high rainfall totals, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94, No 9.

Likewise there were frequent periods of anomalously high rainfall.

As soon as the ITCZ arrived it led to record - high rainfall in many parts of Australia and devastating floods in Queensland.

In equatorial regions the same evidence of high solar radiation and high rainfall at the end of the Pleistocene and during the early Holocene is apparent in the record of the Nile sediments.

WA Regional Climate Services Manager Mr Glenn Cook explained that the high rainfall was due to an active monsoon season in the north of the state, as a result of the current La Nina and aided by warmer than normal waters off the WA north coast.

As a consequence, regulation of drinking water quality is very likely to be strained as high rainfall and river discharge lead to higher levels of nitrogen in rivers and greater risk of waterborne disease outbreaks.

This would imply an anomalously high occurrence of record - high rainfall amounts.

With climate - related challenges such as unusually high rainfall being compounded by the impact of human activities such as boating, agricultural runoff, tourism, aquaculture, ports, energy projects and housing, the scientists argue that we need broad and coordinated action to stem the destruction.

Colombia's Pacific coast is a region with high rainfall, which is directly responsible for the endless amounts of tropical species of flora and fauna.

High rainfall and tropical heat lend a high humidity and mean that most of the country is covered in tropical rainforest - an area second largest only to Brazil.

There is a high rainfall throughout most of the mountain range, which has created a number of free - flowing streams and rivers.

Not just people in Ponorogo but all people across East Java, Central Java and West Java must stay alert because of the high rainfall intensity,» he said.

With its warm temperatures and high rainfall, Christmas Island is exceptionally conducive to fostering all sorts of wildlife.

A study has shown that the region's climate is much like that of France's Bordeaux: frost - free, with high rainfall in winter and warm, dry summers.

The geology and climate of this high rainfall plateau results in masses of waterfalls, beautiful to look at and many of which you can visit.

The humid conditions and high rainfall make Mpumalanga a particularly beautiful destination.

It is also safe to use if you have kittens or puppies in your property, and is water - resistant so it is still effective even if you like in an area with a high rainfall.

It is also water - resistant and so will remain effective even in areas that experience high rainfall.

Environment 1 is characterized by moderately high temperatures and high rainfall, being ideal conditions for plant growth, as opposed to extreme environments, which have lower rainfall and comparatively higher temperatures (Furze et al., 2013b).

Hence over the Plio - Pleistocene, East African climate is best characterised as a long - term trend towards increasing aridity punctuated by periods of precession - forced high rainfall leading to the periodic appearance of deep freshwater lakes.

In the first continent - wide study of the effects of fire on bird and mammal diversity in the African savanna environment, researchers have found that increasing «pyrodiversity» boosts the variety of species of mammals by around 20 percent and of birds by 30 percent in savannas with high rainfall.

«The starting point for understanding risk of high rainfall events is always a comprehensive analysis of previous records.

About half the drop in sea level during the 18 - month period in question could be ascribed to unusually high rainfall in Australia, the researchers will report in a forthcoming issue of Geophysical Research Letters.

Years of high rainfall in the Sahel were typically followed by low dust transport in the next year.

Japan's high rainfall also ensures a quickly regenerated forest after logging.

This follows a simple logic: Places with less water gain access to foods with high water requirements by importing them from areas with high rainfall or substantial water supplies.

She analyzed samples that had broken off the formations to see what periods of time during a period called the last glacial period had high rainfall, and which had low rainfall.

Situated in Timboon, South Western Victoria known for its mild climate, fertile soils and high rainfall.

The 40 % shade level criteria of the 2010 version of the SAN Standard has proven to be a challenge in many coffee producing regions, especially areas with heavy cloud cover, high rainfall and high humidity.

High rainfall conditions and inflows to the Menindee Lakes during winter - spring 2016 provided the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder with an opportunity to deliver environmental water to support native fish populations in the Lower Darling as well as the longer - term health of the river system.

«Someone is going to get those very high rainfall totals,» he said.

An earlier prediction of a moderate La Nina, which is associated with higher rainfall, for the spring / summer season between September and February, had eased farmers» drought fears.

Compounding matters, the country endured unusually high rainfalls this year, including the wettest April on record.

Upon analysis, the samples» carbon isotope values revealed an exceptionally arid region deep in Asia's interior going back 23 million years, initially ringed by areas of higher rainfall.

HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS BY STATE: Andrews AFB, Md.: 15.3» (unconfirmed) Easton, Md.: 12.55» Wildwood Crest, N.J.: 11.67» Virginia Beach, Va.: 9.57» Milford, Del.: 9.55» Maysville, W.Va.: 7.75» Hanover, Pa.: 7.61» Washington, D.C.: 5.44» Lorain, Ohio: 4.29» East Milton, Mass.: 3.03» Jaffrey, N.H.: 3.83» Niagara Falls, N.Y.: 3.02»

This is because future arid cities will remain water - limited due to the lack of permeable surfaces in cities, while their rural neighbors are projected to be no longer «dry» due to higher rainfall.

Cherrapunji also holds a long - standing record for highest rainfall in a 12 - month period: 86 feet, 10 inches, set back in 1860 - 1861.

«Tasmania would have been somewhat shielded from the warmer, drier climate because of its higher rainfall but it appears that this population was also affected by the El Niño event before starting to recover.»

This means we can expect drought in regions such as southern Africa and parts of Australia, as well as higher rainfall in eastern Africa and the southern US.

Because the north western Amazon has much higher rainfall and a shorter dry season than the south, the researchers think it is much less vulnerable to climate change

The data suggest that during this time he was in an area of higher rainfall, older rocks and with a changed diet relative to his place of birth in Northamptonshire.

Because leptospira bacteria are usually water - borne, there is often an increase in the number of leptospirosis cases during and shortly after periods of higher rainfall.