Sentences with phrase «limited by rainfall»

If tree growth is limited by rainfall, then tree rings are a proxy for rainfall, and so forth.

Its availability is not limited by rainfall because it uses the same water over and over again.

Not exact matches

The researchers found another subtlety in the Amazon's response to rainfall, which has led to new insights on a question under debate: Are seasonal changes in plant growth more limited by lack of sunlight or lack of water?

WET ™ could potentially eliminate irrigation costs and extend the geographical range of crops currently limited by insufficient rainfall.

(Nitrogen is a big problem in native plant areas because it's one of the limiting nutrients, and when it's supplied whether by fertilizer or grazing animals or rainfall, that tips the balance toward European and Asian annual grasses that are very shallow - rooted — they steal every drop of rain that falls, and then burn by midsummer when the N. American native perennials are just setting seed; after a few years the deep - rooted perennials are gone; after a few more years so is the topsoil).

On the Indian subcontinent, in China, and in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, agricultural productivity is closely linked to and limited by monsoon rainfall.

Finally, there's our vulnerability to heavy rainfall events, in this case exacerbated by the city's rapid expansion that has paved over former grasslands, overloaded critical infrastructure, challenged urban planning, and limited evacuation routes.