Drought - a prerequisite for hazardous flash floods
The drying out of the soil leads to the hazard of flash floods in the wadis of the Dead Sea Valley during sparse but strong rain events. During longer precipitation-free periods and extreme low relative humidity, driven by mesoscale wind, the soil crust ultimately tends to break into pieces .
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Stefan Schmitt (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
6.3 MB
Width
4896 px
Height
3264 px
Aspect
3:2
Brand
Fujifilm
Model
X100S
Exposure
23 mm f/2.8 1/125 s ISO 500
Software
Lightroom 5
Taken
21 November 2014
Coordinates
31.3204, 35.3701
Tint
Pinkish white
Submitted
14 February 2019
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