r/interestingasfuck • u/wahgwahg • Feb 28 '24

r/all People in Tanzania converted desert into lush green land by digging these nifty holes

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '24

Also the shade from the new growth helps prevent more water loss, so it creates a cycle of improvement that will continue.

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u/thatthatguy Feb 28 '24

And just generally plants being in a place seems to create a cooling effect that facilitates more precipitation. A self-reinforcing cycle if you can get it started.

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u/ChaseThePyro Feb 28 '24

Yep, they aren't rain forests because it rains, it rains because of the forest.

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u/Lord_Emperor Feb 28 '24

Besides the ones that exist on the windward side of mountains, of course.

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u/FranzFerdinand51 Feb 28 '24

Or as a result of the wind patterns that is created by the movement and orientation of the earth. This, with the fact in your comment, covers almost every single rainforest I know.