They are attracted there by the calling of the first male to find a suitable place, perhaps a pool that forms in the same place each rainy season.

Gestation lasts between 90 and 110 days, producing one to five cubs ( most often two or three ) during the rainy season, when termites are active.

The plant is normally grown in well-drained loamy soil, using pieces of mature root planted at the start of the rainy season.

This means that the building's alignment towards the place on the horizon where Venus first appears in the evening sky ( when it coincides with the rainy season ) may be meaningful.

Aveni claims that another building associated with the planet Venus in the form of Kukulcan, and the rainy season at Chichen Itza is the Caracol.

Wet or rainy season is generally warm and wet ().

In the rainy season, the country receives between 600 and 900 millimetres ( 23. 6 and 35. 4 in ) of rainfall ; in the dry season, the harmattan – a hot dry wind from the Sahara – blows.

The rainy season lasts approximately four months, May / June to September, and is shorter in the north of the country.

** Summer rainy season and cooler “ winter ” dry season

** Winter rainy season and summer drought

South of the lake lie the floodplains of the Chari and Logone rivers, much of which are inundated during the rainy season.

The most important of these streams is the Batha, which in the rainy season carries water west from the Ouaddaï Highlands and the Guéra Massif to Lake Fitri.

At the end of the rainy season in the fall, the river overflows its banks and creates a huge floodplain in the delta.

Fluctuations in both cause the lake to change dramatically in size, from 9, 800 square kilometers in the dry season to 25, 500 at the end of the rainy season.

During the rainy season, winds from the southwest push the moister maritime system north over the African continent where it meets and slips under the continental mass along a front called the " intertropical convergence zone ".

At the height of the rainy season, the front may reach as far as Kanem Prefecture.

The climate in this transition zone between the desert and the southern soudanian zone is divided into a rainy season ( from June to early September ) and a dry period ( from October to May ).

Outside these settlements, nomads tend their flocks during the rainy season, moving southward as forage and surface water disappear with the onset of the dry part of the year.

Between April and October, the rainy season brings between of precipitation.

The growth is lush during the rainy season but turns brown and dormant during the five-month dry season between November and March.

In mid-1978, Vietnamese forces invaded Cambodia, advancing about before the arrival of the rainy season.

I've got a little stashed for a rainy day, and I guess this is rainy enough.

Land which is unsuitable for arable farming usually has at least one of the following deficiencies: no source of fresh water ; too hot ( desert ); too cold ( Arctic ); too rocky ; too mountainous ; too salty ; too rainy ; too snowy ; too polluted ; or too nutrient poor.

The region is noted for its mild rainy climate and beautiful scenery.

The other rainy season is between December and June, when the northeast trade winds are common during this season, only altitudes above 600m tend to receive regular rain.

A Cape Verde type Hurricane is formed in the area south of the islands, near Sao Miguel, after a tropical wave on the African continent during the rainy season.

The rainy season occurs from May to October, when it is subject to tropical storms and hurricanes.

Costa Rica's dry season in most places is from December to April, while the rainy season is from May to November.

Natural hazards include the heavy surf and the lack of natural harbors on the coast ; during the rainy season torrential flooding is a danger.

A monsoon is a seasonal prevailing wind which lasts for several months, ushering in a region's rainy season.

cyclones possible during rainy season ( December to April ); Le Kartala on Grande Comore is an active volcano

The Chaparral is a coastal biome with hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters.

Annual rainfall is approximately and in a normal year there are two distinct rainy seasons: " the long rains ", which fall during April and May, and " the short rains ", which fall during October and November.

On a rainy night while returning from his job, Guy Montag is followed by a cheery, 17-year-old girl named Clarisse McClellan.

The average rainfall for Bissau is although this is almost entirely accounted for during the rainy season which falls between June and September / October.

In the Pacific lowlands, April, the last month of the dry season, brings the warmest temperatures ; the rainy season is slightly cooler, although higher humidity during the rainy season makes these months feel more uncomfortable.

Mali has 1, 815 kilometers of inland waterways, principally the Niger River, some portions of which are navigable for medium and large shipping during the rainy season ( June / July – November / December ) in years of normal rainfall.

The advance and retreat of the monsoons account in large degree for the timing of the rainy season and the amount of rainfall throughout the country.

Among the other constructions, large reservoirs, important for conserving water in a climate that alternates rainy seasons with dry times, and elaborate aqueducts, some with a slope as finely calibrated as one inch to the mile, are most notable.

Other ecosystems are experiencing similar pressures, such as the Tarangire ecosystem in Tanzania, which historically supported large numbers of migratory wildebeest ( as well as other species ), but has recently declined in number, coincident with illegal hunting and land-use changes across the rainy season ranges.

In rainy and humid weather with large temperature fluctuation, the tree loses its leaves.

Eventually, the road and path network was supplemented by intense river transportation, which allowed large quantities of supplies to be moved even during the rainy season.

During the annual rainy season, these rivers flood large areas of forests and marshes along their banks.

A major geographic feature of the region is the Nugaal Valley, a large shallow drainage basin fed by the Nugal and Dheer seasonal rivers during the April-June rainy season.

Modern farming techniques and a series of rainy years helped to reestablish the area as an important farming region ; however, farming has always been precarious, and to this day the area's farmers often receive large government subsidies to deal with drought conditions.

He surmised that the suspect had fired upon Boggs and lost his firearm in the dark rainy night when the weapon recoiled due to its unusually large shot.

The material has a long life span even in rainy climates, provided a tall foundation and large roof overhang are present.

As the rainy season progressed, the Sui forces launched other small probing attacks, but held off from making any large moves before the end of the rainy season.

Kutch literally means something which intermittently becomes wet and dry ; a large part of this district is known as Rann of Kutch which is shallow wetland which submerges in water during the rainy season and becomes dry during other seasons.

It is one of the most rainy regions of Italy, so is in a large part covered by forest vegetation ( mainly Chestnut, Oak and Pine ).

The passage of large ships and barges is possible during spring inundation and the particular years with rainy weather allows short period of navigation at the end of summer or at the start of autumn.

Marduk, an extremely humid and rainy planet, is home to a race of four-armed sentient amphibians referred to as Mardukans or Scummies, as well as a large number of hostile and deadly lifeforms.

During the rainy season a thin (< 1 m ) layer of brine covers much of the saline pan, but this evaporates rapidly leaving a vast expanse of white salt that cracks to produce large polygons.

This has caused difficulties such as mouth getting silted up and getting closed during the summer season ( June – July to Oct – Nov ); raise in flood level occurs during the rainy season ; the lake acts as a large evaporating basin when the bar is closed resulting in salinity levels remaining low or high subject to the flood discharge into the lake during the northeast monsoon ; fluctuation of water level in the lake ( above or below the sea level ) is affecting flora, fauna and fisheries ; siltation has caused variation of the lake mouth resulting in reduction of tidal inflows and consequent decline in stocking of commercially important species of prawns and mullets.

Toba Tek Singh is located in central Punjab and occupies 3252 square kilometres and is made up of large areas of lowlands that flood frequently during the rainy season ; the floods originate from the Ravi River that runs along the southern and southeastern borders.

In the autumn during the rainy seasons, or Kharief ( Arabic الخريف ) as it is locally called, large pools of water and green meadows with trees of various kinds of acacia cover the area.

The Brahmaputra, which divides the district into two nearly equal portions, is navigable by river steamers throughout the year, and receives several tributaries navigable by large native boats in the rainy season.

Livingstone has a humid subtropical climate with hot and rainy wet seasons and very hot pre-wet seasons and mild dry seasons with large temperature differences between day and night.

During the rainy season, much of the park consists of large lakes.