英语词汇“rainless”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

The Eastern man, though he has been told, feels the earth is sick in the rainless months. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes had the plain blue look of a rainless sky. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one rainless night, the City of Wonders became the City of Ashes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Or how the fluttering of Sakthivel Muruganantham’s drumming matched the flutter of Ranee’s fingers to whip up the sensation of a storm even as we sat in the rainless heat. Review: Finding the Heat in ‘Sacred Earth’ 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z

But in a place that sees sunny, rainless weather from December to May, surfing’s the thing. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z

The latest Met Office forecast also suggests rain on Thursday afternoon, and rainless days and nights thereafter. Glastonbury festival 2013 weather: little rain, but no scorching days 2013-06-26T10:17:10Z

But they also can strike rapidly with no warning, even on a rainless day months after the end of the rainy season. What's causing luxury Rolling Hills Estates homes to slide down a canyon? Here's what we know 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z

They said they could even smell the smoke indoors, in a Manhattan restaurant, then walked outside and saw a sky that looked like it was about to storm — but was rainless. Canada wildfires are leading to air-quality alerts in US. Here’s how to stay safe 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z

The conditions have to be just right, usually after a rainless period that allows the particulates to accumulate. Perspective | In a lather: What were those sudsy bubbles I saw on trees last week? 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

A sinister legend runs counter to the pious never-on-Sunday schedule: that early organizers made a deal with the devil to ensure rainless parade days. Only a pandemic (once) and a war (three times) can stop the Rose Parade 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z

That resulted in several more rainless weeks during which local forests could dry up and more time for fires to ignite. Smoke season did not pass us by 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z

The weather necessary for fire — high temperatures, low humidity, rainless days and high winds — lasts more than a month longer than it did four decades ago. More than 40 percent of Americans live in counties hit by climate disasters in 2021 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z

Vegetation was at record dryness heading into fire season, and it grew drier over the rainless summer. The Dixie fire threatened to pass 1 million acres, then was stopped in its tracks. Here's how 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z

The dry vegetation that worried firefighters in July has only gotten drier over the rainless summer months. After a disastrous summer of fire, California braces for a potentially worse fall 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

The change isn’t equally spread through the wet Mediterranean winter and the rainless summer, says climatologist Hadas Saaroni, also of Tel Aviv University. Opinion | While Israelis and Palestinians fight, climate change threatens the land 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

Every year the grass and shrubs dry out over the long rainless summers. 4 Years of Catastrophic Fires in California: ‘I’m Numb’ 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

Despite the sun-splashed and rainless day, one thing was clear Tuesday as Davis slowly made her way through the flooded street in front of her home: Water was winning. High levels push canal water into homes near Detroit River 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

The National Weather Service in Seattle is forecasting a spell of rainless days that should last through the weekend and into next week, possibly even through Wednesday. Dry weekend expected; weather service says we’ll get a 4-5 day break from the rain 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

They evolved along with long, hot summers, at least six rainless months a year and intense wildfires. Southern California's ecosystems evolved to survive fire. But not like this 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

Finally, after hours of rainless overcast, the “drought” ended. After record-setting rain in 2018, the new year starts off dry 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

That stream, the Humboldt Current, keeps the islands cool and rainless most of the year, unusual given that the Equator crosses through the archipelago. As Seas Warm, Galápagos Islands Face a Giant Evolutionary Test 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

For context, about 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater pass daily through the entire sewage system on rainless days. What happens when 25,000 Amazon workers flush toilets? 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

Cattle are heading to market months early as hay prices skyrocket and pastures wither in the rainless heat. Colorado farmers hurt by drought worry it could get worse 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z

The skies were rainless for up to 40 days in some places, according to the government. 2018 Is Shaping Up to Be the Fourth-Hottest Year. Yet We’re Still Not Prepared for Global Warming. 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

Eternal sunshine of the rainless kind has left the fairways brown and turned them steadily to mortar. At the British Open, top of the leader board goes on and on about how the ball rolls on and on 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Once the rainless delay was over, the Nationals did not waste time in stitching together a scoring opportunity against Pirates right-hander Joe Musgrove. Jeremy Hellickson’s strong start lifts Nationals to 5-1 win over Pirates 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

The terrain of the Namib Desert, which is nearly rainless, is a challenging environment for any animal. Rare desert lions are magnificent, and you can see them in their home territory 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

Now they look to the rainless sky in frustration. In harsh corner of Uganda, herders fight climate change 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

By the end of Thursday, the Seattle area should log its 25th rainless day. First record rain — and now dry streak? Seattle weather delivers 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z

But finally — finally — after a mostly rainless rain delay of three hours and five minutes, the Nationals and the Braves played, resulting in a 5-2 Nationals loss. Nationals, fans frustrated with the three-hour nearly no-rain, rain delay 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

That would be the longest-recorded rainless streak in the city’s history for the date. A clear, rainless July Fourth for 7th year in row would be Seattle record 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

It matched the stretch of 15 rainless days at the start of June in 1976. Friday’s rainfall in Washington area ended a 15-day dry spell, Weather Service says 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

But they can also strike rapidly with no warning, even on a rainless day months after the end of winter. As California goes from drought to deluge, a dangerous old foe returns: Mudslides 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z

Little relief is in sight, with more rainless days predicted. Rome limits cars as many Italian cities struggle with air pollution worsened by good weather 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

On The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang site, a commenter joked: “What is it with DC and this rainless day? My mushroom crop is already wilting.” Washington enjoys a rare rain-free day 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

Whether surviving cool damp weather, rainless hot spells or near freezing weather every night, they wake up sparkling and spotted. The Trout Lily's Brief Spring 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z

Good morning to you on this strangely rainless Friday. City Room: New York Today: 40-Year Bike Trip 2014-05-02T09:56:56Z

I arrived at 7:30 a.m. on one of the few rainless days in March as the sun slowly crept over the eastern horizon at the marina near Anacortes. Great scenery and fishing in the San Juan islands 2014-03-22T01:16:49Z

An additional factor in the Puget Sound area was worse-than-usual golf weather during the recession — last year's remarkable stretch of 48 rainless days notwithstanding. Changing economics impact golf in the Northwest 2013-04-14T03:04:35Z

Every rainless weekend, Mr. Ferrante shows up, hits Ruby’s Boardwalk bar for a drink and Nathan’s for a hot dog, and then dances for several hours in the sun. Character Study: At 78, Tony Ferrante Keeps Disco, and Its Clothes, Alive 2012-07-28T05:26:14Z

Again, a navigable river, a rainless sky, and a climate perhaps the finest in the world, offered both inducements and facilities for parties of pleasure and conviviality in general. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z

A district which has been rainless for a year or two years is a pitiful spectacle of desolation. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z

Yet over time, the researchers’ analysis suggests, significant amounts of methylmercury could be deposited along the coastline, nearly all of it from fog during the rainless summer months. Green Blog: Coastal California Fog Carries Toxic Mercury, Study Finds 2012-03-28T16:58:37Z

But even in the heat of a rainless September, if I may judge by my own experience, they prefer Constitution Square and "the Dardanelles" to any more pastoral pleasures. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z

This month in California is the last one of the long, rainless, sun-filled summer, and everywhere it is very dry and brown. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z

In every rainless district, or in every district where the rainfall is so slight as to render irrigation necessary, the soils would be expected to be richer than in a place of abundant rainfall. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z

A lot changed in four years, by the time of that rainless evening in Forest Hills. City Room: Davy Jones's New York 2012-03-01T17:58:07Z

We started just after ten, on a windy and rainless morning, in an atmosphere giving beautifully clear views of distant objects, and thereby raising some reasonable apprehensions for the morrow among the weather-wise. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z

We are told that this shrub thrives best upon a disintegrated granite soil, and reaches its finest development upon the arid slopes bordering such rainless regions as the Mojave Desert. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z

And that is, that every year, in the long, rainless, sun-filled summer, it dries up to nothing but a shallow, parched hollow in the ground, and all the dragons have to move. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z

This rainless and sun-scorched land lives by the winter snows, and the snowfall of the Zagros ranges is the most interesting of all subjects to the cultivator of Western Persia. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z

South of this region, the rainless desert stretches, a ribbon-like strip, between the mountains and the sea. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z

Paris continues gorgeous and rainless, but less torrid. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z

The plain, therefore, almost entirely rainless as it is, only requires the provision of drinking-water to enable it to be put to profitable use. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z

The mountain districts are constantly bathed in dense mists and heavy dews, while other districts are almost rainless. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z

It winds over a limestone base and through a rainless desert between high and barren tablelands. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z

Some Spanish winters are dry and rainless; hardly any moisture remaining save in certain favoured spots; and to these sparse green oases throng the aquatic hosts. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z

Surrounded as this town is by high mountains, which, while protecting her from the extreme violence of the storms, attract and imprison the clouds, it has rarely a rainless day. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z

Against the intense blue of the rainless Egyptian sky were imprinted the sun-white towers, pillars, arches and statues of the most comely city ever builded in Africa. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z

But in this rainless land at the hour of midday, every day, there descends a cloud from the sky which envelops a large tree which grows on this island. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z

Then the frogs soak up the dew, keeping them well hydrated during long, rainless months. Australian Frogs Do the Dew 2011-09-02T19:18:57Z

In the rainless winter when the water is low and clear the scene is not so grand, but is quiet, peaceful, and much more beautiful. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z

Among the countries which they visited was Peru that singular rainless region that lies upon the western slope of the Andes in South America. The Civil War and Malaria 2011-07-14T15:45:00.377Z

Over all arches the dark blue, cloudless sky of a nearly rainless region. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z

A rainless winter is a terrible misfortune, and when February finds the ground hard and dry there is deep and natural anxiety. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z

In the Kern and Tulare valleys, where the weather is hot and almost rainless, the huts are made of marsh rushes. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z

One element the two peoples certainly had in common—a highly developed agricultural system, which formed the foundation of their greatness, and was maintained in a rainless climate by a stupendous system of irrigation works. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z

In rainless summer weather the first two or three dozen miles of the river frequently dry up, and only from Ch�tillon is it a permanent river. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z

In southern Europe, where the summers are nearly rainless, most of the rivers disappear altogether in that season. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z

As we have seen, the Sahara is almost rainless, as is also the Kalahari Desert. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z

The time, the close of a lurid sultry February day, towards the end of a long, dry summer succeeding a rainless winter, in the arid region of West Logan. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z

Dr. Yarrow thinks that the entirely rainless parts of this vast Campestrian region may ultimately deserve recognition as a separate zo�logical province. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z

The region was rainless, and there was not so much as a shrub, or even a blade of grass to be seen. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z

Remember the spot in the subway, the one that always leaks some liquid from above, even after weeks of rainless days? Metropolitan Diary 2010-12-27T03:02:22Z

The southern part of the country is almost rainless. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z

In the rainless pre-monsoon months between January and May, about one day in five saw the Khumbu valley blanketed in a dense brown cloud. Pollution in the Himalayas: Time to call the sweep? 2010-11-18T11:27:30Z

The tract along the Indus to within 60 or 80 m. of the Himalaya is almost rainless, 6 or 8 in. being the fall in the southern portion of the Punjab. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"

We dismounted there, shook ourselves together, and stared wonderingly up at those amazing walls whose relief carving and fresco tints the dry air of this rainless land has so miraculously preserved. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise

This appears to be about the northern limit reached by the south-west monsoon, which from June to September brings a fairly abundant rainfall to the Yemen highlands, though the Tehama remains almost entirely rainless. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral"

Its failure would mean drought and a total destruction of the crops, since Egypt is, practically, a rainless country. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z

It lies in the north-east trade winds belt, but the mountain chain on its northern frontier robs these winds of their moisture and leaves the greater part of the Brazilian plateau rainless. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis"

He wanted to shake from his feet for ever this dry dust of the rainless west coast. The Tempering

Why Northern Mexico and the other countries named are thus sterile and comparatively rainless, we shall see hereafter, when we examine critically the machinery of distribution as it operates within the tropics. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes

The climate is extremely dry, but this is compensated for by the heavy mists which sweep up from the plains during the rainless months and exercise a most beneficial effect in the coffee-growing districts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral"

One does not object to these rains; they are in themselves agreeable; one wishes simply to note the impudence of the widely diffused statement that Egypt is a rainless land. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu

Nevertheless, the west coast north of the Olifants river is practically rainless and there is great difference between day and night 229 temperatures, this part of the coast sharing the characteristics of the interior plateau. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony"

However, Panama was not Suez, a rainless desert, but a place where floods, marshes, and quagmires took the place of almost level sands. The West Indies and the Spanish Main

The north-west desert of India, and the rainless deserts of Beloochistan and Arabia reverse no trade and have no monsoon, although the Arabian Sea heads right up among them. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes

One missed the tropical luxuriance of Trinidad and Dominica, for the winter months in Jamaica are almost rainless; but it would have been beautiful anywhere else, and the mango trees were in their glory. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses

Close beside the river is the harshest of all this rainless land; sand blows, the cliffs are bare and black, the hillsides bleak and brown. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making

The minima are also unsymmetrically developed, and the so-called “dry seasons” are seldom wholly rainless. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade"

Old and gouty, we are confined to our chair; and occasionally, during an hour of rainless sunshine, are wheeled by female hands along the gravel-walks of our Policy, an unrepining and philosophical valetudinarian. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)

But, it may be said that the rainless regions at any rate receive no moisture, and therefore can not supply any by evaporation. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes

I have found, to my cost, that existence is not made entirely of rainless June days; but I doubt whether darkness and storms shut out the warm glow and perpetually curtain the stars. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part

"Irrigation makes this almost rainless region the most fruitful on the globe," remarked one of the managers of the tour. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise

An unusually extended migration of either of these rain belts may bring them close together, leaving but a small part, if any, of the intervening desert actually rainless. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade"

Another colossal effort was the conveyance of water to the rainless country by the seacoast, especially to certain parts capable of being reclaimed and made fertile. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West

Thus the counter-trade which curves over the Andes and over Peru, is deprived of its moisture and leaves the western coast rainless. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes

It was a rainless June, as I say. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880.

Thus dried, the east wind pursues its solemn course over the solitudes of Central Africa, a cloudless and a rainless wind, its track marked by desolation and deserts. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition

The high altitudes of the Andean region also introduce vertical zones of temperature, modified to some extent by the rainless plateaus of the north, and by the excessive rainfall of the south. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton"

The sandy deserts of the rainless districts of Chili are also of great extent: and there are few countries in even the higher latitudes that have not their tracts of arenaceous waste. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education.

But it is not true that all the rainless regions are without evaporation. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes

The prairies were brown–a dead, crisp brown, as if they had been baked by hot suns through long, rainless days and nipped by a whole winter of killing frosts. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John

It is an incident full of meaning in the history of human progress, that, in regions far apart, civilization thus commenced in rainless countries. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition

The climate was almost rainless, and agriculture was dependent upon artificial irrigation. History of Human Society

Out of the tunnel into the comparatively open space, the wind boomed with all its force, and like an enraged monster, drove the storm-clouds, now rainless, across the sky. The Strollers

South America has no other wholly rainless region, so far as is known. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes

The raisin industry is dependent on a sunny and rainless climate and hence in America is confined to the grape regions of certain parts of California. Manual of American Grape-Growing

There is also a rainless strand on the Pacific coast of Mexico. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition

It seems that Grantown is apt to suffer from drought in a hot summer following on a rainless spring. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland

Years had passed: One day when all the streams were dried by heat And rainless fields had changed from green to brown, T'wards her there drew, by others led, a man Old, worn, and blind. Legends of the Saxon Saints

Her interior deserts are extensive and intensely hot—why are they rainless? The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes

For a well-nigh rainless month we had been hunting upon the plains, while only one hundred and fifty miles away Urga had had an almost daily deluge. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

In Upper Egypt, the cradle of civilization, the influence of atmospheric water is altogether obliterated, for, in an agricultural point of view, the country is rainless. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition

The black, shaded loam, bare of grass, oozed the moisture it was saving for its evergreen redwoods against a rainless summer. The Readjustment

Aden lies within the rainless zone, so that its inhabitants see no rain-fall sometimes for two or three years together, depending for their water on wells, tanks, and condensers. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months

And what connects the two together over the eastern portion of North America, so as to leave no distinctly marked wet and dry season, and no rainless and sterile portion there? The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes

In the rainless season they present an aspect indescribably desolate, and at the same time a formidable military obstacle to any invasion of Cape Colony on a large scale from the north. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government

The American counterpart of Egypt in this physical condition is Peru, the coast of which is also a rainless district. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition

In rainless summers there is only enough water to fill the bottom of the sponge, and the top channel runs dry. Highways and Byways in Surrey

From the first breath it rolls up tremendous clouds of dust, that come and come, and never cease, long after it seems as if every particle in that rainless land must have been driven by. A Bird-Lover in the West

Portions of it—Eastern Texas, for instance—are upon the same parallels of latitude as the rainless regions of Northern Mexico, etc. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes

Aden lies within the rainless zone, so that sometimes the inhabitants see no rainfall for three years together. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands

Its floor lies two thousand feet below, an enormous rainless, rolling plain from which rise thirteen volcanic cones, clean-cut, as regular in form as carven things. The Book of the National Parks

A story of a wrathful sun in a rainless sky above a parched land, swept for days together by the searing south winds. Winning the Wilderness

Even the plains of Sind, which are nearly rainless, are transformed into life by large irrigation schemes. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ

It is the fact that it is thus sterile and rainless to which we desire to call attention in this place. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes

You swore blue it was cut on a rainless Tuesday from an ash that had supported a murderer with a false nose. Jonah and Co.

The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River is sunk in a plateau which, while sprinkled with scant pine, is nearly rainless. The Book of the National Parks

The wind was rising, and the dry dust of many rainless months was rising with it, flying in dense, enveloping clouds. Peking Dust

The scenery was strikingly like that on the lake of Zug, in Switzerland, and we missed the only green turf, which this year's rainless spring had left brown and withered. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland

The season is divided into wet and dry, as are the seasons of all tropical countries which are not rainless. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes

But accounts of foreign countries came more and more rarely to England; for when the fourth rainless year arrived, drought and famine had slain three-fourths of its inhabitants, and commerce and agriculture were alike suspended. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348

Still another characteristic of the Plains is their tremendous rainless thunder-storms. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864

November is rainless and in every way a pleasant month. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir

These were falling showers, and they. sometimes occupied the whole horizon, while we steamed across the rainless circle which was thus surrounded. Fragments of science, V. 1-2

But Nature has provided a wonderful law of compensation for this waste, which would, without such provision, parch the earth to barrenness in a single rainless month. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles

The early summer was fulfilling the promise of a hot rainless spring. The Fighting Shepherdess

I am sure I never weary of the succession of rainless months, nor of the azure dome, day after day so mistless, which bends above this favored country. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52

During freshets it became a torrent; and then the valley was inaccessible from the east, but that was a rare occurrence in these rainless regions. The Scalp Hunters

And the whole countenance was as the sun in its noontime strength shining out of a rainless, cloudless sky. Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation

Or it may be that they underwent some classic metamorphosis, translated to a rainless paradise, where they dreamed of battalions for ever inspected and the general salute eternally blown. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25

Extraordinary, it was to be another rainless hazy morning. Pushed and the Return Push

As one travels north-eastward from Palapshwye to Bulawayo, and from Bulawayo to Fort Salisbury, one passes by degrees from an arid and almost rainless land to a land of showers and flowing waters. Impressions of South Africa

It may be a river, with a large volume of water, or a creek which completely dries up during the long, rainless summers of the West. The Western United States A Geographical Reader

They heard the crickets' evening chorus broaden and deepen to an endless and monotonous symphony, while behind fantastic, thin, and rainless clouds the sun sank in unspeakable glory of colour. A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen

From the unpaved street to the cloudless sky rose a vast cloud of dust, such as only a rainless country made of sand can produce. The Blood of the Conquerors

In this way, with considerable coming and going through its doors, yet all in sobriety and peace, Ascalon passed the burning, rainless summer days. Trail's End

Though the Willamette Valley has practically four rainless months of sunshine, irrigation is unnecessary. Walnut Growing in Oregon

The clear, rainless winter gave place to spring and the giant cactus burst into flower. Rimrock Jones

There has been a new series of dry weather, to be sure; but to our liking, a waterfall is best in a rainless summer. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2

Storing.—Storing clover under cover is far preferable to putting it up in stacks, except in rainless climates. Clovers and How to Grow Them

The only continent without this central nearly rainless field is South America, where the sole characteristic arid district is situated on the western slope of the Cordilleran range. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography

In fact, with all water sources except an artesian or driven well, the question always is, will it last during an abnormally rainless season? If You're Going to Live in the Country

The latter shut down dark, but rainless, although the sky was heavily overcast by clouds. The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War

The partridges were plentiful that year, and a rainless autumn had come on the heels of a fine summer. The Half-Hearted

Nitrate of Soda or Chile saltpetre containing 15.5 per cent. of nitrogen, is found in large deposits in the rainless regions of western South America. The First Book of Farming

If the ocean recedes from the present strand lines, the "rainless" area advances outwards, but, the rain supply being sensibly constant, no change in the river supply of salts is to be expected. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays

Cataclysms may have engulfed more than one Atlantis; and few climates are so fitted for the preservation of man's buildings as is the rainless valley of the Nile. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01

Down the midst runs the one long line of alluvial soil—in other words, Nile mud—which alone allows cultivation and life in that rainless district. Science in Arcady

They expected to find flowing or standing water, but they went on for many miles and the soil remained hard and baked, as it can bake only in the rainless regions of high plateaus. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty

The atmosphere seemed stagnant, like a pool on which the sun has beat during rainless weeks. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life

The rainless clouds drifted away and disclosed a full moon, which turned the dusk of the water to silver. The Hunters of the Hills

Six rainless years brought famine and distress, whereupon they besought Him to send one of His counsellors who should be their daysman, and should undertake their cause and care for them. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891

After weeks of rainless weather the morning had been showery, and on our setting forth at noon we had found the world new washed and decked for our coming. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880

It is a rainless, hideous region of naked rocks and whirling sands, destitute of fresh water and animal life, a region into which, except for a short distance, the boldest traveller cares not to venture. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance

But I am glad that this is impossible; that in the moral world there are no Andes, no rainless regions. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

The heavy but rainless clouds continued to gather over them, and the canoe sped on at accelerated speed in an opaque atmosphere. The Hunters of the Hills

"A trifle of a trinket for his women-folk is the only saving as an insurance for the poor against famine and starvation for a rainless day." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917

It had been an excessively hot and dry month of June and forest fires, which always rage every rainless summer, had already got going. The Emperor of Portugalia

By tapping the azequia we turned the barren valley into a garden of roses, for in that rainless region water was a veritable magician, whatsoever it touched it vivified. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance

It has never become endemic there, as it is a rainless country and generally too dry for the cholera germ to thrive. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885

One long, still, sunny, blue day followed another; and in the rainless weather, though the dews kept green the hills, the song of the streams was low. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 479, March 5, 1831

The rainless desert, or southeastern corner of our state, is the hottest region of all. Stories of California

It was only the mirage that tantalizes travellers in these scorched valleys, all the long eight months of the rainless season. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern

The season of flowers was nearly over in that rainless country, but a few still lingered, and among them was the familiar larkspur, growing wild. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875

The country here during this rainless season does not seem to the Eastern visitor enough like what he has known as country in the summer to warrant any outlay in getting there. California Sketches, Second Series

It was not yet dark, but all the city lamps were lighted, and the East Side had that atmosphere of care-free gaiety habitual to it after business hours when the weather is rainless and warm. The Penalty

In the northern part of the state the wet season begins earlier and lasts longer than in the south, while the southeastern corner is an almost rainless desert. Stories of California

Lower Egypt with its almost rainless climate, and its one river, does not seem the most likely locality to suggest a constant reference to such topics. The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study

Ataca`ma, an all but rainless desert in the N. of Chile, abounding in silver and copper mines, as well as gold in considerable quantities. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge

River water, impounded for the purpose, provided the means of irrigating an all but rainless desert countryside. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History

The salt is massive, and, occurring in a rainless climate, it is dry, and contains about sixty per cent. of pure soda saltpetre. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862

For a distance of 1500 miles above its mouth this river flows through a rainless desert, and has no tributary. Composition-Rhetoric

Why, Miss Cullen, you said you'd never seen anything so blue as the sky yesterday; but even the atmosphere of 'rainless Arizona' has to take a back seat when her eyes are round. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3

In the N. are rainless tracts of mountains rich in copper, manganese, silver, and other metals, and deserts with wonderful deposits of nitrate. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge

The rainless regions, not deserts, are parts of Guatemala, the table-land of Mexico, the Peruvian coast, parts of Morocco, Egypt, Arabia, Persia, etc. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860

It was, they were told, sandy, barren, rainless, destitute of timber and vegetation, infested with hordes of hungry crickets, and roamed over by bands of the most savage Indians. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West

Write out and learn: A desert is a rainless tract of country on which little or nothing will grow. Highroads of Geography Introductory Book: Round the World with Father

It is the end of May; a bright, rainless, and at times bitterly cold month it has been. A Cotswold Village

Eastern or Argentine Patagonia is an extensive stretch of undulating plateaux intersected by ravines, swept by cold W. winds, and rainless for eight months of the year. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge

Its low altitude, rainless days, cloudless skies and balmy air form a combination that is unsurpassed and is enjoyed by all either sick or well. Arizona Sketches

It is obtained by leaching the soil of the rainless districts of Chili and Peru. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S

For two golden rainless August weeks he had camped in the house, getting eggs and milk from the solitary farm in the valley, where no one knew him, and doing his cooking over a spirit-lamp. Summer

The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California

Soon came on him Jehovah's hand, In words of help undoubted,— Great waters flowed the rainless land, The foe was also routed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862

It is for evenings, and sunless rainless days. A Woman Tenderfoot

The rainless calms of the tropics are explained by this theory without that crossing and interference of winds which Lieut. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858

Lo! as hid seed shoots after rainless years, So good and evil, pains and pleasures, hates And loves, and all dead deeds, come forth again Bearing bright leaves or dark, sweet fruit or sour. The Light of Asia

Baalbek was lulled to sleep by the ever-present tinkle of running water, the most delicious sound that can soothe an Eastern ear, accustomed as it is to the echoless silence of the arid rainless desert. The Strong Arm

The sky is gray but rainless; the sharp little cries of the birds show agitation and fear; one might imagine it the prelude to a symphony or a catastrophe. Amiel's Journal

Under an almost rainless sky, where frost is unknown, and the sand seals up all that is entrusted to its keeping, nothing perishes except by the hand of man. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments

The sun always shines on the rainless land of Egypt, except for a month or two in the year. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI

A sense, awful and yet cheering, of a wonder and a majesty, a presence and a voice around, in the cliffs and the pine forests, and the great blue rainless heaven. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography

Then came a night of rainless darkness through which past augmentations of water still thundered. Lying Prophets

Only tracks were seen, but our guide said that after three rainless days in succession birds and animals would be sure to come there. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917

The expanses of water were bordered by wider spaces of grass which had grown during the rainless summer, but which were no doubt soon to be submerged under the autumnal torrent the river would become. Familiar Spanish Travels

It resembled Liverpool Street station on the evening of a rainless Bank Holiday. Alone

Crumbled, and lost in rainless Egypt's dust, Save what these columns guard in sacred trust. Home Lyrics

Probably it was during one of the cycles of rainless years that periodically visit the continent. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888

In these rainless regions all is necessarily silence, desolation, and death. Cleopatra

The sun is seldom seen, and one's clothes, even on a dry, rainless day, become saturated with moisture. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán

It was a week of bright, sunlit, rainless days, and of starry nights. The Broken Road

The advantage to the farmer of rainless harvesting months is obvious. Oregon, Washington and Alaska; Sights and Scenes for the Tourist

A rainless summer had dried up a spring near his house, which, against our advice, he had attempted to develop by tunnelling. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch

The most extensive and remarkable rainless region on the earth is a vast tract extending through the interior and northern part of Africa, and the southwestern part of Asia. Cleopatra

But I knew, at least, that she was aware of the blistering, rainless summer that had laid Clem's high hopes of a garden in dust and cut off half his revenue. The Boss of Little Arcady

Thus, although the main bloom and honey season is only about three months long, the floral circle, however thin around some of the hot, rainless months, is never completely broken. The Mountains of California

But the town on the banks of the Colorado, in an almost rainless land, had little to build upon. The Winning of Barbara Worth

Lower Egypt, near the sea, the rainfall in the winter is abundant; but the climate of Upper Egypt is all but rainless, only a few slight showers falling throughout the year. General History for Colleges and High Schools

It is formed, in a word, by the surplus waters of a district inundated with rains, in their progress across a rainless desert, seeking the sea. Cleopatra

Every hundred feet of ascent from the rainless, fervid beach of Kawaihae increased the freshness of the temperature, and rendered exercise more delightful. The Hawaiian Archipelago

The year 1877 will long be remembered as exceptionally rainless and distressing. The Mountains of California

And so—hemmed in by mountain wall, barren hills and rainless plains; forgotten by the ocean; deserted by the river, that thirsty land lay, the loneliest, most desolate bit of this great Western Continent. The Winning of Barbara Worth

Roy was certain that, after the month of rainless weather just passed, the coming deluge would be something to wonder at. The New Boy at Hilltop

The young trees had been well mulched while the ground was moist, and deep, thorough cultivation rendered the crops safe unless the rainless period should be of long duration. Nature's Serial Story

We sailed for some hours along a lava coast, streamless, rainless, verdureless, blazing under the fierce light of a tropical sun, and some time after noon anchored in the scorching bay of Kawaihae. The Hawaiian Archipelago

Autumn weather in Europe is often such a very sorry affair that a fair-minded American will have it on his conscience to call attention to a rainless and radiant October. Italian Hours

Their sun-burned faces, toughened figures and worn, desert-stained clothing testified to their weeks of toil in the open air under the dry sky of an almost rainless land. The Winning of Barbara Worth

"So am I," said Brinnaria, glancing up at the gray canopy of rainless cloud which hid the sky; "any day is a good day to be married on, but I hoped for sunshine." The Unwilling Vestal

The summers in Egypt, in Syria, and in Asia Minor and even Rumelia, are almost rainless. The Earth as Modified by Human Action

He shares the general opinion that no agriculture can succeed in this rainless summer land of California. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance

The climate of the Sierras is beyond an adequate description: the beautiful summer days are mild and rainless. Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information

The upper edge of this new-born sea beat helpless against a line of low, barren hills beyond which lay many miles of a rainless land. The Winning of Barbara Worth

He is justly entitled to be ranked as one of the great workers in behalf of the reclamation, without irrigation, of the rainless sections of the world. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall

The combination of dependably rainless summers, the realities of self-sufficient living, and my homestead's poor well turned out to be an opportunity. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway

It is the rainless summer time; no sound save the congress of the coyotes, or the notes of the mountain owl, disturbs the dreams of the campers. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance

It was the first rain for many weeks, and foreign visitors, accustomed to think of Nepenthe as a rainless land, were almost as interested in the watery shower as in that of the ashes. South Wind

Yet the Power at length was pleased to show indulgence, and the north-west wind blew for three days on end, steady and strong, promising a rainless week. Maria Chapdelaine

In the more or less rainless regions of China, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Egypt, Mexico, and Peru, the greatest cities and the mightiest peoples flourished in ancient days. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall

There I tested larger plots of species that I hoped could grow through a rainless summer. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway

All day long a white, scintillating sun blazes out of a deep blue, rainless, cloudless sky. Among the Tibetans

But it is always thus in the springtime of this rainless country; the trees, which have kept their leaves throughout the winter, shed them in April as ours do in November. Egypt (La Mort de Philae)

The use of this article in rainless lands dates from ages immemorial, and formed the outer walls of the Egyptian temple. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02

This, however, is practically the condition in dry-farm districts with rainless summers and falls, where fall seeding is practiced. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall

In some drought years a hot, rainless month or longer could go by. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway

Three days seldom pass without refreshing showers, and if there are ten rainless days together, a rare phenomenon, people begin to talk of "the drought." The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither

It is safe to say that every hour of a rainless day one or more persons of Bontoc is gathering such food in the river. The Bontoc Igorot

It is a season of uneasy winds, and of strange, rainless storms, which perplex the fishermen, and indicate rough weather out at sea. Oldport Days

The rainless summer is not feared by the dry-farmer whose soils are fertile and rich in moisture. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall

West of the Cascades we expect a rainless summer; the surprise comes that rare rainy year when the soil stays moist and we gather bucketfuls of chanterelle mushrooms in early October. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway

I know in the lane, by the hedgerow track, The long, broad grasses underneath Are warted with rain like a toad's knobbed back; But here May weareth a rainless wreath. Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters

A third of the canvas was ultramarine and lake white—the typical Western sky and the flying clouds, rainless and feathery. Roads of Destiny

A rainless darkness drew o'er the lake As we lay in our boat with oars unshipped. Poems — Volume 3

In localities where the late summer and the early fall are rainless, it is much more difficult to lay down a definite rule covering the time of fall sowing. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall

The failure to recognize these characteristic differences between arid and humid soils has been the chief cause for many crop failures in the more or less rainless regions of the world. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall

The distinguishing characteristic of the Pacific type is a wet season, extending from October to March, and a practically rainless summer, except in northern California and parts of Oregon and Washington. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall

It follows that dry-farm soils formed under a more or less rainless climate contain less clay than do humid soils. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall

Over a large portion of the arid and semiarid region the summers are almost rainless and the bulk of the precipitation comes in the winter, late fall, or early spring when plants are not growing. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall

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例句	rainless The Eastern man, though he has been told, feels the earth is sick in the rainless months. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes had the plain blue look of a rainless sky. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In one rainless night, the City of Wonders became the City of Ashes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Or how the fluttering of Sakthivel Muruganantham’s drumming matched the flutter of Ranee’s fingers to whip up the sensation of a storm even as we sat in the rainless heat. Review: Finding the Heat in ‘Sacred Earth’ 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z But in a place that sees sunny, rainless weather from December to May, surfing’s the thing. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z The latest Met Office forecast also suggests rain on Thursday afternoon, and rainless days and nights thereafter. Glastonbury festival 2013 weather: little rain, but no scorching days 2013-06-26T10:17:10Z But they also can strike rapidly with no warning, even on a rainless day months after the end of the rainy season. What's causing luxury Rolling Hills Estates homes to slide down a canyon? Here's what we know 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z They said they could even smell the smoke indoors, in a Manhattan restaurant, then walked outside and saw a sky that looked like it was about to storm — but was rainless. Canada wildfires are leading to air-quality alerts in US. Here’s how to stay safe 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The conditions have to be just right, usually after a rainless period that allows the particulates to accumulate. Perspective \| In a lather: What were those sudsy bubbles I saw on trees last week? 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z A sinister legend runs counter to the pious never-on-Sunday schedule: that early organizers made a deal with the devil to ensure rainless parade days. Only a pandemic (once) and a war (three times) can stop the Rose Parade 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z That resulted in several more rainless weeks during which local forests could dry up and more time for fires to ignite. Smoke season did not pass us by 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z The weather necessary for fire — high temperatures, low humidity, rainless days and high winds — lasts more than a month longer than it did four decades ago. More than 40 percent of Americans live in counties hit by climate disasters in 2021 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Vegetation was at record dryness heading into fire season, and it grew drier over the rainless summer. The Dixie fire threatened to pass 1 million acres, then was stopped in its tracks. Here's how 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z The dry vegetation that worried firefighters in July has only gotten drier over the rainless summer months. After a disastrous summer of fire, California braces for a potentially worse fall 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The change isn’t equally spread through the wet Mediterranean winter and the rainless summer, says climatologist Hadas Saaroni, also of Tel Aviv University. Opinion \| While Israelis and Palestinians fight, climate change threatens the land 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Every year the grass and shrubs dry out over the long rainless summers. 4 Years of Catastrophic Fires in California: ‘I’m Numb’ 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Despite the sun-splashed and rainless day, one thing was clear Tuesday as Davis slowly made her way through the flooded street in front of her home: Water was winning. High levels push canal water into homes near Detroit River 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z The National Weather Service in Seattle is forecasting a spell of rainless days that should last through the weekend and into next week, possibly even through Wednesday. Dry weekend expected; weather service says we’ll get a 4-5 day break from the rain 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z They evolved along with long, hot summers, at least six rainless months a year and intense wildfires. Southern California's ecosystems evolved to survive fire. But not like this 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Finally, after hours of rainless overcast, the “drought” ended. After record-setting rain in 2018, the new year starts off dry 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z That stream, the Humboldt Current, keeps the islands cool and rainless most of the year, unusual given that the Equator crosses through the archipelago. As Seas Warm, Galápagos Islands Face a Giant Evolutionary Test 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z For context, about 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater pass daily through the entire sewage system on rainless days. What happens when 25,000 Amazon workers flush toilets? 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Cattle are heading to market months early as hay prices skyrocket and pastures wither in the rainless heat. Colorado farmers hurt by drought worry it could get worse 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z The skies were rainless for up to 40 days in some places, according to the government. 2018 Is Shaping Up to Be the Fourth-Hottest Year. Yet We’re Still Not Prepared for Global Warming. 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Eternal sunshine of the rainless kind has left the fairways brown and turned them steadily to mortar. At the British Open, top of the leader board goes on and on about how the ball rolls on and on 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Once the rainless delay was over, the Nationals did not waste time in stitching together a scoring opportunity against Pirates right-hander Joe Musgrove. Jeremy Hellickson’s strong start lifts Nationals to 5-1 win over Pirates 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z The terrain of the Namib Desert, which is nearly rainless, is a challenging environment for any animal. Rare desert lions are magnificent, and you can see them in their home territory 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Now they look to the rainless sky in frustration. In harsh corner of Uganda, herders fight climate change 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z By the end of Thursday, the Seattle area should log its 25th rainless day. First record rain — and now dry streak? Seattle weather delivers 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z But finally — finally — after a mostly rainless rain delay of three hours and five minutes, the Nationals and the Braves played, resulting in a 5-2 Nationals loss. Nationals, fans frustrated with the three-hour nearly no-rain, rain delay 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z That would be the longest-recorded rainless streak in the city’s history for the date. A clear, rainless July Fourth for 7th year in row would be Seattle record 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z It matched the stretch of 15 rainless days at the start of June in 1976. Friday’s rainfall in Washington area ended a 15-day dry spell, Weather Service says 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z But they can also strike rapidly with no warning, even on a rainless day months after the end of winter. As California goes from drought to deluge, a dangerous old foe returns: Mudslides 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Little relief is in sight, with more rainless days predicted. Rome limits cars as many Italian cities struggle with air pollution worsened by good weather 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z On The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang site, a commenter joked: “What is it with DC and this rainless day? My mushroom crop is already wilting.” Washington enjoys a rare rain-free day 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Whether surviving cool damp weather, rainless hot spells or near freezing weather every night, they wake up sparkling and spotted. The Trout Lily's Brief Spring 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Good morning to you on this strangely rainless Friday. City Room: New York Today: 40-Year Bike Trip 2014-05-02T09:56:56Z I arrived at 7:30 a.m. on one of the few rainless days in March as the sun slowly crept over the eastern horizon at the marina near Anacortes. Great scenery and fishing in the San Juan islands 2014-03-22T01:16:49Z An additional factor in the Puget Sound area was worse-than-usual golf weather during the recession — last year's remarkable stretch of 48 rainless days notwithstanding. Changing economics impact golf in the Northwest 2013-04-14T03:04:35Z Every rainless weekend, Mr. Ferrante shows up, hits Ruby’s Boardwalk bar for a drink and Nathan’s for a hot dog, and then dances for several hours in the sun. Character Study: At 78, Tony Ferrante Keeps Disco, and Its Clothes, Alive 2012-07-28T05:26:14Z Again, a navigable river, a rainless sky, and a climate perhaps the finest in the world, offered both inducements and facilities for parties of pleasure and conviviality in general. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z A district which has been rainless for a year or two years is a pitiful spectacle of desolation. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Yet over time, the researchers’ analysis suggests, significant amounts of methylmercury could be deposited along the coastline, nearly all of it from fog during the rainless summer months. Green Blog: Coastal California Fog Carries Toxic Mercury, Study Finds 2012-03-28T16:58:37Z But even in the heat of a rainless September, if I may judge by my own experience, they prefer Constitution Square and "the Dardanelles" to any more pastoral pleasures. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z This month in California is the last one of the long, rainless, sun-filled summer, and everywhere it is very dry and brown. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z In every rainless district, or in every district where the rainfall is so slight as to render irrigation necessary, the soils would be expected to be richer than in a place of abundant rainfall. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z A lot changed in four years, by the time of that rainless evening in Forest Hills. City Room: Davy Jones's New York 2012-03-01T17:58:07Z We started just after ten, on a windy and rainless morning, in an atmosphere giving beautifully clear views of distant objects, and thereby raising some reasonable apprehensions for the morrow among the weather-wise. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z We are told that this shrub thrives best upon a disintegrated granite soil, and reaches its finest development upon the arid slopes bordering such rainless regions as the Mojave Desert. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z And that is, that every year, in the long, rainless, sun-filled summer, it dries up to nothing but a shallow, parched hollow in the ground, and all the dragons have to move. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z This rainless and sun-scorched land lives by the winter snows, and the snowfall of the Zagros ranges is the most interesting of all subjects to the cultivator of Western Persia. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z South of this region, the rainless desert stretches, a ribbon-like strip, between the mountains and the sea. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z Paris continues gorgeous and rainless, but less torrid. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z The plain, therefore, almost entirely rainless as it is, only requires the provision of drinking-water to enable it to be put to profitable use. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z The mountain districts are constantly bathed in dense mists and heavy dews, while other districts are almost rainless. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z It winds over a limestone base and through a rainless desert between high and barren tablelands. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Some Spanish winters are dry and rainless; hardly any moisture remaining save in certain favoured spots; and to these sparse green oases throng the aquatic hosts. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Surrounded as this town is by high mountains, which, while protecting her from the extreme violence of the storms, attract and imprison the clouds, it has rarely a rainless day. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z Against the intense blue of the rainless Egyptian sky were imprinted the sun-white towers, pillars, arches and statues of the most comely city ever builded in Africa. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z But in this rainless land at the hour of midday, every day, there descends a cloud from the sky which envelops a large tree which grows on this island. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z Then the frogs soak up the dew, keeping them well hydrated during long, rainless months. Australian Frogs Do the Dew 2011-09-02T19:18:57Z In the rainless winter when the water is low and clear the scene is not so grand, but is quiet, peaceful, and much more beautiful. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Among the countries which they visited was Peru that singular rainless region that lies upon the western slope of the Andes in South America. The Civil War and Malaria 2011-07-14T15:45:00.377Z Over all arches the dark blue, cloudless sky of a nearly rainless region. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z A rainless winter is a terrible misfortune, and when February finds the ground hard and dry there is deep and natural anxiety. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z In the Kern and Tulare valleys, where the weather is hot and almost rainless, the huts are made of marsh rushes. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z One element the two peoples certainly had in common—a highly developed agricultural system, which formed the foundation of their greatness, and was maintained in a rainless climate by a stupendous system of irrigation works. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z In rainless summer weather the first two or three dozen miles of the river frequently dry up, and only from Ch�tillon is it a permanent river. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z In southern Europe, where the summers are nearly rainless, most of the rivers disappear altogether in that season. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z As we have seen, the Sahara is almost rainless, as is also the Kalahari Desert. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The time, the close of a lurid sultry February day, towards the end of a long, dry summer succeeding a rainless winter, in the arid region of West Logan. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z Dr. Yarrow thinks that the entirely rainless parts of this vast Campestrian region may ultimately deserve recognition as a separate zo�logical province. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z The region was rainless, and there was not so much as a shrub, or even a blade of grass to be seen. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Remember the spot in the subway, the one that always leaks some liquid from above, even after weeks of rainless days? Metropolitan Diary 2010-12-27T03:02:22Z The southern part of the country is almost rainless. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z In the rainless pre-monsoon months between January and May, about one day in five saw the Khumbu valley blanketed in a dense brown cloud. Pollution in the Himalayas: Time to call the sweep? 2010-11-18T11:27:30Z The tract along the Indus to within 60 or 80 m. of the Himalaya is almost rainless, 6 or 8 in. being the fall in the southern portion of the Punjab. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" We dismounted there, shook ourselves together, and stared wonderingly up at those amazing walls whose relief carving and fresco tints the dry air of this rainless land has so miraculously preserved. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise This appears to be about the northern limit reached by the south-west monsoon, which from June to September brings a fairly abundant rainfall to the Yemen highlands, though the Tehama remains almost entirely rainless. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Its failure would mean drought and a total destruction of the crops, since Egypt is, practically, a rainless country. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It lies in the north-east trade winds belt, but the mountain chain on its northern frontier robs these winds of their moisture and leaves the greater part of the Brazilian plateau rainless. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" He wanted to shake from his feet for ever this dry dust of the rainless west coast. The Tempering Why Northern Mexico and the other countries named are thus sterile and comparatively rainless, we shall see hereafter, when we examine critically the machinery of distribution as it operates within the tropics. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The climate is extremely dry, but this is compensated for by the heavy mists which sweep up from the plains during the rainless months and exercise a most beneficial effect in the coffee-growing districts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" One does not object to these rains; they are in themselves agreeable; one wishes simply to note the impudence of the widely diffused statement that Egypt is a rainless land. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu Nevertheless, the west coast north of the Olifants river is practically rainless and there is great difference between day and night 229 temperatures, this part of the coast sharing the characteristics of the interior plateau. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" However, Panama was not Suez, a rainless desert, but a place where floods, marshes, and quagmires took the place of almost level sands. The West Indies and the Spanish Main The north-west desert of India, and the rainless deserts of Beloochistan and Arabia reverse no trade and have no monsoon, although the Arabian Sea heads right up among them. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes One missed the tropical luxuriance of Trinidad and Dominica, for the winter months in Jamaica are almost rainless; but it would have been beautiful anywhere else, and the mango trees were in their glory. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Close beside the river is the harshest of all this rainless land; sand blows, the cliffs are bare and black, the hillsides bleak and brown. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making The minima are also unsymmetrically developed, and the so-called “dry seasons” are seldom wholly rainless. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Old and gouty, we are confined to our chair; and occasionally, during an hour of rainless sunshine, are wheeled by female hands along the gravel-walks of our Policy, an unrepining and philosophical valetudinarian. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) But, it may be said that the rainless regions at any rate receive no moisture, and therefore can not supply any by evaporation. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes I have found, to my cost, that existence is not made entirely of rainless June days; but I doubt whether darkness and storms shut out the warm glow and perpetually curtain the stars. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part "Irrigation makes this almost rainless region the most fruitful on the globe," remarked one of the managers of the tour. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise An unusually extended migration of either of these rain belts may bring them close together, leaving but a small part, if any, of the intervening desert actually rainless. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Another colossal effort was the conveyance of water to the rainless country by the seacoast, especially to certain parts capable of being reclaimed and made fertile. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West Thus the counter-trade which curves over the Andes and over Peru, is deprived of its moisture and leaves the western coast rainless. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes It was a rainless June, as I say. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. Thus dried, the east wind pursues its solemn course over the solitudes of Central Africa, a cloudless and a rainless wind, its track marked by desolation and deserts. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The high altitudes of the Andean region also introduce vertical zones of temperature, modified to some extent by the rainless plateaus of the north, and by the excessive rainfall of the south. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The sandy deserts of the rainless districts of Chili are also of great extent: and there are few countries in even the higher latitudes that have not their tracts of arenaceous waste. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. But it is not true that all the rainless regions are without evaporation. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The prairies were brown–a dead, crisp brown, as if they had been baked by hot suns through long, rainless days and nipped by a whole winter of killing frosts. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John It is an incident full of meaning in the history of human progress, that, in regions far apart, civilization thus commenced in rainless countries. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The climate was almost rainless, and agriculture was dependent upon artificial irrigation. History of Human Society Out of the tunnel into the comparatively open space, the wind boomed with all its force, and like an enraged monster, drove the storm-clouds, now rainless, across the sky. The Strollers South America has no other wholly rainless region, so far as is known. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The raisin industry is dependent on a sunny and rainless climate and hence in America is confined to the grape regions of certain parts of California. Manual of American Grape-Growing There is also a rainless strand on the Pacific coast of Mexico. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition It seems that Grantown is apt to suffer from drought in a hot summer following on a rainless spring. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Years had passed: One day when all the streams were dried by heat And rainless fields had changed from green to brown, T'wards her there drew, by others led, a man Old, worn, and blind. Legends of the Saxon Saints Her interior deserts are extensive and intensely hot—why are they rainless? The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes For a well-nigh rainless month we had been hunting upon the plains, while only one hundred and fifty miles away Urga had had an almost daily deluge. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' In Upper Egypt, the cradle of civilization, the influence of atmospheric water is altogether obliterated, for, in an agricultural point of view, the country is rainless. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The black, shaded loam, bare of grass, oozed the moisture it was saving for its evergreen redwoods against a rainless summer. The Readjustment Aden lies within the rainless zone, so that its inhabitants see no rain-fall sometimes for two or three years together, depending for their water on wells, tanks, and condensers. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months And what connects the two together over the eastern portion of North America, so as to leave no distinctly marked wet and dry season, and no rainless and sterile portion there? The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes In the rainless season they present an aspect indescribably desolate, and at the same time a formidable military obstacle to any invasion of Cape Colony on a large scale from the north. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The American counterpart of Egypt in this physical condition is Peru, the coast of which is also a rainless district. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition In rainless summers there is only enough water to fill the bottom of the sponge, and the top channel runs dry. Highways and Byways in Surrey From the first breath it rolls up tremendous clouds of dust, that come and come, and never cease, long after it seems as if every particle in that rainless land must have been driven by. A Bird-Lover in the West Portions of it—Eastern Texas, for instance—are upon the same parallels of latitude as the rainless regions of Northern Mexico, etc. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Aden lies within the rainless zone, so that sometimes the inhabitants see no rainfall for three years together. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Its floor lies two thousand feet below, an enormous rainless, rolling plain from which rise thirteen volcanic cones, clean-cut, as regular in form as carven things. The Book of the National Parks A story of a wrathful sun in a rainless sky above a parched land, swept for days together by the searing south winds. Winning the Wilderness Even the plains of Sind, which are nearly rainless, are transformed into life by large irrigation schemes. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ It is the fact that it is thus sterile and rainless to which we desire to call attention in this place. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes You swore blue it was cut on a rainless Tuesday from an ash that had supported a murderer with a false nose. Jonah and Co. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River is sunk in a plateau which, while sprinkled with scant pine, is nearly rainless. The Book of the National Parks The wind was rising, and the dry dust of many rainless months was rising with it, flying in dense, enveloping clouds. Peking Dust The scenery was strikingly like that on the lake of Zug, in Switzerland, and we missed the only green turf, which this year's rainless spring had left brown and withered. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland The season is divided into wet and dry, as are the seasons of all tropical countries which are not rainless. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes But accounts of foreign countries came more and more rarely to England; for when the fourth rainless year arrived, drought and famine had slain three-fourths of its inhabitants, and commerce and agriculture were alike suspended. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Still another characteristic of the Plains is their tremendous rainless thunder-storms. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 November is rainless and in every way a pleasant month. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir These were falling showers, and they. sometimes occupied the whole horizon, while we steamed across the rainless circle which was thus surrounded. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 But Nature has provided a wonderful law of compensation for this waste, which would, without such provision, parch the earth to barrenness in a single rainless month. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles The early summer was fulfilling the promise of a hot rainless spring. The Fighting Shepherdess I am sure I never weary of the succession of rainless months, nor of the azure dome, day after day so mistless, which bends above this favored country. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 During freshets it became a torrent; and then the valley was inaccessible from the east, but that was a rare occurrence in these rainless regions. The Scalp Hunters And the whole countenance was as the sun in its noontime strength shining out of a rainless, cloudless sky. Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation Or it may be that they underwent some classic metamorphosis, translated to a rainless paradise, where they dreamed of battalions for ever inspected and the general salute eternally blown. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 Extraordinary, it was to be another rainless hazy morning. Pushed and the Return Push As one travels north-eastward from Palapshwye to Bulawayo, and from Bulawayo to Fort Salisbury, one passes by degrees from an arid and almost rainless land to a land of showers and flowing waters. Impressions of South Africa It may be a river, with a large volume of water, or a creek which completely dries up during the long, rainless summers of the West. The Western United States A Geographical Reader They heard the crickets' evening chorus broaden and deepen to an endless and monotonous symphony, while behind fantastic, thin, and rainless clouds the sun sank in unspeakable glory of colour. A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen From the unpaved street to the cloudless sky rose a vast cloud of dust, such as only a rainless country made of sand can produce. The Blood of the Conquerors In this way, with considerable coming and going through its doors, yet all in sobriety and peace, Ascalon passed the burning, rainless summer days. Trail's End Though the Willamette Valley has practically four rainless months of sunshine, irrigation is unnecessary. Walnut Growing in Oregon The clear, rainless winter gave place to spring and the giant cactus burst into flower. Rimrock Jones There has been a new series of dry weather, to be sure; but to our liking, a waterfall is best in a rainless summer. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Storing.—Storing clover under cover is far preferable to putting it up in stacks, except in rainless climates. Clovers and How to Grow Them The only continent without this central nearly rainless field is South America, where the sole characteristic arid district is situated on the western slope of the Cordilleran range. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography In fact, with all water sources except an artesian or driven well, the question always is, will it last during an abnormally rainless season? If You're Going to Live in the Country The latter shut down dark, but rainless, although the sky was heavily overcast by clouds. The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War The partridges were plentiful that year, and a rainless autumn had come on the heels of a fine summer. The Half-Hearted Nitrate of Soda or Chile saltpetre containing 15.5 per cent. of nitrogen, is found in large deposits in the rainless regions of western South America. The First Book of Farming If the ocean recedes from the present strand lines, the "rainless" area advances outwards, but, the rain supply being sensibly constant, no change in the river supply of salts is to be expected. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays Cataclysms may have engulfed more than one Atlantis; and few climates are so fitted for the preservation of man's buildings as is the rainless valley of the Nile. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Down the midst runs the one long line of alluvial soil—in other words, Nile mud—which alone allows cultivation and life in that rainless district. Science in Arcady They expected to find flowing or standing water, but they went on for many miles and the soil remained hard and baked, as it can bake only in the rainless regions of high plateaus. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty The atmosphere seemed stagnant, like a pool on which the sun has beat during rainless weeks. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life The rainless clouds drifted away and disclosed a full moon, which turned the dusk of the water to silver. The Hunters of the Hills Six rainless years brought famine and distress, whereupon they besought Him to send one of His counsellors who should be their daysman, and should undertake their cause and care for them. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 After weeks of rainless weather the morning had been showery, and on our setting forth at noon we had found the world new washed and decked for our coming. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 It is a rainless, hideous region of naked rocks and whirling sands, destitute of fresh water and animal life, a region into which, except for a short distance, the boldest traveller cares not to venture. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance But I am glad that this is impossible; that in the moral world there are no Andes, no rainless regions. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The heavy but rainless clouds continued to gather over them, and the canoe sped on at accelerated speed in an opaque atmosphere. The Hunters of the Hills "A trifle of a trinket for his women-folk is the only saving as an insurance for the poor against famine and starvation for a rainless day." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917 It had been an excessively hot and dry month of June and forest fires, which always rage every rainless summer, had already got going. The Emperor of Portugalia By tapping the azequia we turned the barren valley into a garden of roses, for in that rainless region water was a veritable magician, whatsoever it touched it vivified. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance It has never become endemic there, as it is a rainless country and generally too dry for the cholera germ to thrive. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 One long, still, sunny, blue day followed another; and in the rainless weather, though the dews kept green the hills, the song of the streams was low. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 479, March 5, 1831 The rainless desert, or southeastern corner of our state, is the hottest region of all. Stories of California It was only the mirage that tantalizes travellers in these scorched valleys, all the long eight months of the rainless season. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern The season of flowers was nearly over in that rainless country, but a few still lingered, and among them was the familiar larkspur, growing wild. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 The country here during this rainless season does not seem to the Eastern visitor enough like what he has known as country in the summer to warrant any outlay in getting there. California Sketches, Second Series It was not yet dark, but all the city lamps were lighted, and the East Side had that atmosphere of care-free gaiety habitual to it after business hours when the weather is rainless and warm. The Penalty In the northern part of the state the wet season begins earlier and lasts longer than in the south, while the southeastern corner is an almost rainless desert. Stories of California Lower Egypt with its almost rainless climate, and its one river, does not seem the most likely locality to suggest a constant reference to such topics. The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study Ataca`ma, an all but rainless desert in the N. of Chile, abounding in silver and copper mines, as well as gold in considerable quantities. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge River water, impounded for the purpose, provided the means of irrigating an all but rainless desert countryside. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History The salt is massive, and, occurring in a rainless climate, it is dry, and contains about sixty per cent. of pure soda saltpetre. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 For a distance of 1500 miles above its mouth this river flows through a rainless desert, and has no tributary. Composition-Rhetoric Why, Miss Cullen, you said you'd never seen anything so blue as the sky yesterday; but even the atmosphere of 'rainless Arizona' has to take a back seat when her eyes are round. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 In the N. are rainless tracts of mountains rich in copper, manganese, silver, and other metals, and deserts with wonderful deposits of nitrate. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The rainless regions, not deserts, are parts of Guatemala, the table-land of Mexico, the Peruvian coast, parts of Morocco, Egypt, Arabia, Persia, etc. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 It was, they were told, sandy, barren, rainless, destitute of timber and vegetation, infested with hordes of hungry crickets, and roamed over by bands of the most savage Indians. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Write out and learn: A desert is a rainless tract of country on which little or nothing will grow. Highroads of Geography Introductory Book: Round the World with Father It is the end of May; a bright, rainless, and at times bitterly cold month it has been. A Cotswold Village Eastern or Argentine Patagonia is an extensive stretch of undulating plateaux intersected by ravines, swept by cold W. winds, and rainless for eight months of the year. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Its low altitude, rainless days, cloudless skies and balmy air form a combination that is unsurpassed and is enjoyed by all either sick or well. Arizona Sketches It is obtained by leaching the soil of the rainless districts of Chili and Peru. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S For two golden rainless August weeks he had camped in the house, getting eggs and milk from the solitary farm in the valley, where no one knew him, and doing his cooking over a spirit-lamp. Summer The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Soon came on him Jehovah's hand, In words of help undoubted,— Great waters flowed the rainless land, The foe was also routed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 It is for evenings, and sunless rainless days. A Woman Tenderfoot The rainless calms of the tropics are explained by this theory without that crossing and interference of winds which Lieut. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Lo! as hid seed shoots after rainless years, So good and evil, pains and pleasures, hates And loves, and all dead deeds, come forth again Bearing bright leaves or dark, sweet fruit or sour. The Light of Asia Baalbek was lulled to sleep by the ever-present tinkle of running water, the most delicious sound that can soothe an Eastern ear, accustomed as it is to the echoless silence of the arid rainless desert. The Strong Arm The sky is gray but rainless; the sharp little cries of the birds show agitation and fear; one might imagine it the prelude to a symphony or a catastrophe. Amiel's Journal Under an almost rainless sky, where frost is unknown, and the sand seals up all that is entrusted to its keeping, nothing perishes except by the hand of man. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments The sun always shines on the rainless land of Egypt, except for a month or two in the year. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI A sense, awful and yet cheering, of a wonder and a majesty, a presence and a voice around, in the cliffs and the pine forests, and the great blue rainless heaven. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Then came a night of rainless darkness through which past augmentations of water still thundered. Lying Prophets Only tracks were seen, but our guide said that after three rainless days in succession birds and animals would be sure to come there. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 The expanses of water were bordered by wider spaces of grass which had grown during the rainless summer, but which were no doubt soon to be submerged under the autumnal torrent the river would become. Familiar Spanish Travels It resembled Liverpool Street station on the evening of a rainless Bank Holiday. Alone Crumbled, and lost in rainless Egypt's dust, Save what these columns guard in sacred trust. Home Lyrics Probably it was during one of the cycles of rainless years that periodically visit the continent. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 In these rainless regions all is necessarily silence, desolation, and death. Cleopatra The sun is seldom seen, and one's clothes, even on a dry, rainless day, become saturated with moisture. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán It was a week of bright, sunlit, rainless days, and of starry nights. The Broken Road The advantage to the farmer of rainless harvesting months is obvious. Oregon, Washington and Alaska; Sights and Scenes for the Tourist A rainless summer had dried up a spring near his house, which, against our advice, he had attempted to develop by tunnelling. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch The most extensive and remarkable rainless region on the earth is a vast tract extending through the interior and northern part of Africa, and the southwestern part of Asia. Cleopatra But I knew, at least, that she was aware of the blistering, rainless summer that had laid Clem's high hopes of a garden in dust and cut off half his revenue. The Boss of Little Arcady Thus, although the main bloom and honey season is only about three months long, the floral circle, however thin around some of the hot, rainless months, is never completely broken. The Mountains of California But the town on the banks of the Colorado, in an almost rainless land, had little to build upon. The Winning of Barbara Worth Lower Egypt, near the sea, the rainfall in the winter is abundant; but the climate of Upper Egypt is all but rainless, only a few slight showers falling throughout the year. General History for Colleges and High Schools It is formed, in a word, by the surplus waters of a district inundated with rains, in their progress across a rainless desert, seeking the sea. Cleopatra Every hundred feet of ascent from the rainless, fervid beach of Kawaihae increased the freshness of the temperature, and rendered exercise more delightful. The Hawaiian Archipelago The year 1877 will long be remembered as exceptionally rainless and distressing. The Mountains of California And so—hemmed in by mountain wall, barren hills and rainless plains; forgotten by the ocean; deserted by the river, that thirsty land lay, the loneliest, most desolate bit of this great Western Continent. The Winning of Barbara Worth Roy was certain that, after the month of rainless weather just passed, the coming deluge would be something to wonder at. The New Boy at Hilltop The young trees had been well mulched while the ground was moist, and deep, thorough cultivation rendered the crops safe unless the rainless period should be of long duration. Nature's Serial Story We sailed for some hours along a lava coast, streamless, rainless, verdureless, blazing under the fierce light of a tropical sun, and some time after noon anchored in the scorching bay of Kawaihae. The Hawaiian Archipelago Autumn weather in Europe is often such a very sorry affair that a fair-minded American will have it on his conscience to call attention to a rainless and radiant October. Italian Hours Their sun-burned faces, toughened figures and worn, desert-stained clothing testified to their weeks of toil in the open air under the dry sky of an almost rainless land. The Winning of Barbara Worth "So am I," said Brinnaria, glancing up at the gray canopy of rainless cloud which hid the sky; "any day is a good day to be married on, but I hoped for sunshine." The Unwilling Vestal The summers in Egypt, in Syria, and in Asia Minor and even Rumelia, are almost rainless. The Earth as Modified by Human Action He shares the general opinion that no agriculture can succeed in this rainless summer land of California. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance The climate of the Sierras is beyond an adequate description: the beautiful summer days are mild and rainless. Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information The upper edge of this new-born sea beat helpless against a line of low, barren hills beyond which lay many miles of a rainless land. The Winning of Barbara Worth He is justly entitled to be ranked as one of the great workers in behalf of the reclamation, without irrigation, of the rainless sections of the world. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall The combination of dependably rainless summers, the realities of self-sufficient living, and my homestead's poor well turned out to be an opportunity. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway It is the rainless summer time; no sound save the congress of the coyotes, or the notes of the mountain owl, disturbs the dreams of the campers. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance It was the first rain for many weeks, and foreign visitors, accustomed to think of Nepenthe as a rainless land, were almost as interested in the watery shower as in that of the ashes. South Wind Yet the Power at length was pleased to show indulgence, and the north-west wind blew for three days on end, steady and strong, promising a rainless week. Maria Chapdelaine In the more or less rainless regions of China, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Egypt, Mexico, and Peru, the greatest cities and the mightiest peoples flourished in ancient days. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall There I tested larger plots of species that I hoped could grow through a rainless summer. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway All day long a white, scintillating sun blazes out of a deep blue, rainless, cloudless sky. Among the Tibetans But it is always thus in the springtime of this rainless country; the trees, which have kept their leaves throughout the winter, shed them in April as ours do in November. Egypt (La Mort de Philae) The use of this article in rainless lands dates from ages immemorial, and formed the outer walls of the Egyptian temple. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 This, however, is practically the condition in dry-farm districts with rainless summers and falls, where fall seeding is practiced. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall In some drought years a hot, rainless month or longer could go by. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Three days seldom pass without refreshing showers, and if there are ten rainless days together, a rare phenomenon, people begin to talk of "the drought." The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither It is safe to say that every hour of a rainless day one or more persons of Bontoc is gathering such food in the river. The Bontoc Igorot It is a season of uneasy winds, and of strange, rainless storms, which perplex the fishermen, and indicate rough weather out at sea. Oldport Days The rainless summer is not feared by the dry-farmer whose soils are fertile and rich in moisture. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall West of the Cascades we expect a rainless summer; the surprise comes that rare rainy year when the soil stays moist and we gather bucketfuls of chanterelle mushrooms in early October. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway I know in the lane, by the hedgerow track, The long, broad grasses underneath Are warted with rain like a toad's knobbed back; But here May weareth a rainless wreath. Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters A third of the canvas was ultramarine and lake white—the typical Western sky and the flying clouds, rainless and feathery. Roads of Destiny A rainless darkness drew o'er the lake As we lay in our boat with oars unshipped. Poems — Volume 3 In localities where the late summer and the early fall are rainless, it is much more difficult to lay down a definite rule covering the time of fall sowing. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall The failure to recognize these characteristic differences between arid and humid soils has been the chief cause for many crop failures in the more or less rainless regions of the world. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall The distinguishing characteristic of the Pacific type is a wet season, extending from October to March, and a practically rainless summer, except in northern California and parts of Oregon and Washington. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall It follows that dry-farm soils formed under a more or less rainless climate contain less clay than do humid soils. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Over a large portion of the arid and semiarid region the summers are almost rainless and the bulk of the precipitation comes in the winter, late fall, or early spring when plants are not growing. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall
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