rainforest
... Lago de Valencia; oil and urban pollution of Lago de Maracaibo; deforestation; soil degradation; urban and industrial pollution, especially along the Caribbean coast; threat to the rainforest ecosystem from irresponsible mining operations
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/b_mp.html
Rainier
National Day (Saint Rainier's Day), 19 November (1857)
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Rainitovo
chief of mission: Ambassador R. Niels MARQUARDT embassy: 14-16 Rue Rainitovo, Antsahavola, Antananarivo 101 mailing address: B. P. 620, Antsahavola, Antananarivo telephone: [261] (20) 22-212-57, 22-212-73, 22-209-56 FAX: [261] (20) 22-345-39
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rains
monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding; occasional droughts
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/b_mp.html
rains
earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods
www.exxun.com/Djibouti/b_mp.html
rains
droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes
www.exxun.com/India/b_mp.html
rains
... in 2001 when the government failed to institute several anticorruption measures. Despite the return of strong rains in 2001, weak commodity prices, endemic corruption, and low investment limited Kenya's economic growth ...
www.exxun.com/Kenya/e_ec.html
rains
frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August)
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rains
tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October); rains 2,500-3,000 mm per year (80% humidity); average temperature 26.6 degrees C
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rainwater
limited natural fresh water resources (except for a few seasonal streams and springs on Tortola, most of the islands' water supply comes from wells and rainwater catchments)
www.exxun.com/BritishVirginIslands/b_mp.html
rainwater
no natural fresh water resources; drinking water supplies must be met by rainwater catchments
www.exxun.com/CaymanIslands/b_mp.html
rainwater
fresh water resources are limited to rainwater accumulations in natural underground reservoirs
www.exxun.com/Cocos_Keeling_Islands/b_mp.html
rainwater
limited natural freshwater resources: large concrete or natural rock water catchments collect rainwater (no longer used for drinking water) and adequate desalination plant
www.exxun.com/Gibraltar/b_mp.html
rainwater
limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater, but mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination plant; intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years - mainly by a UK, Australia ...
www.exxun.com/Nauru/b_mp.html
rainwater
water supply depends on catchments to collect rainwater
www.exxun.com/Seychelles/b_mp.html
rainwater
limited natural fresh water resources, private cisterns collect rainwater
www.exxun.com/TurksandCaicosIslands/b_mp.html
rainy
mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season
www.exxun.com/Algeria/b_mp.html
rainy
tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October); little seasonal temperature variation
www.exxun.com/AmericanSamoa/b_mp.html
rainy
semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)
www.exxun.com/Angola/b_mp.html
rainy
... out corruption; the regime has pledged new democratic elections by the end of 2008. About a third of this extremely poor country floods annually during the monsoon rainy season, hampering economic development
www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/a_fg.html
rainy
tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)
www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/b_mp.html
rainy
tropical; rainy season (June to October)
www.exxun.com/Barbados/b_mp.html
rainy
temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy
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rainy
tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to November); dry season (February to May)
www.exxun.com/Belize/b_mp.html
rainy
violent storms from the Himalayas are the source of the country's name, which translates as Land of the Thunder Dragon; frequent landslides during the rainy season
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/b_mp.html
rainy
hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast
www.exxun.com/BosniaandHerzegovina/b_mp.html
rainy
tropical; hot, humid, rainy
www.exxun.com/Brunei/b_mp.html
