Queensland experiences heavy rainfall due to its tropical climate and the influence of the warm Coral Sea, which provides moisture-laden winds. Additionally, the region is affected by weather patterns like monsoons and tropical cyclones. In contrast, the Atacama Desert is one of the driest places on Earth, primarily due to the cold Humboldt Current along the coast, which inhibits evaporation and reduces moisture availability, as well as the rain shadow effect created by the Andes Mountains, which block moist air from reaching the desert.
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There are no countries on the equator that are mostly desert. Because the region of the equator is noted for its heavy rainfall, deserts do not occur there.
Or Mudslide because there both the same thing
The Queensland flooding started in Toowoomba because of heavy rains.
There is no such river as the Murray-Darling River. The two rivers are quite separate and distinct, with their sources thousands of kilometres apart, and so floods on either river also have different sources. Floods on the Murray River, Australia's longest river, is a result of heavy rainfall in the east, in the Great Dividing Range, specifically the southeastern region. Flooding of the Darling River is almost always a result of heavy rainfall west of the Great Dividing Range, either in central Queensland, or heavy rainfall in the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland - many thousands of kilometres away from the source of the Murray River's flooding.
Bellenden Kerr, in North-East Queensland has a median annual rainfall of 4048 mm. It is also the place with the highest rainfall in a single year. In 1979, 11251 mm fell at Bellenden Kerr. Another contender for the title of highest annual rainfall is Babinda, in far north Queensland, which has an average annual rainfall of 4238mm and holds a 30-yr record for the highest annual rainfall in Australia. According to Wikipedia, the north Qld town of Tully boasts the "highest ever annual rainfall in a populated area of Australia (7900mm in 1950) [and is] is arguably the wettest town in Australia". However, this information is outdated, as the title of wettest town keeps changing.
The Luhya translation of the English words 'heavy rainfall' is "Ifula isiro".
Yes, wadis, also known as gullies, arroyos or washes, are formed by infrequent, but heavy, rainfall in deserts.
No the desert does not flood at night. Deserts are dry areas with little to no rainfall which makes flooding in the desert an extremely rare occurrence. The primary causes of flooding in the desert are heavy rains from tropical storms flash flooding from thunderstorms and dam or levee failure. However none of these events typically occur during the night.
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