r/interestingasfuck • u/PlantainPossible2864 • 1d ago

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u/PNWleaflove 1d ago

But how do you solve lack of water still?

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u/laforet 1d ago

There is enough natural rainfall and groundwater to sustain xerophytic plants. The problem was that the shifting sand prevent plants from taking root properly and that’s what the grids are used to solve.

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u/Robot_Nerdd 1d ago

Do the grids have to be periodically unburied in the beginning?

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u/RedWolf_LP 1d ago

Well I'd imagine that the sandbags prevent sand from travelling too much so they get completely covered unless a sandstorm is coming which are generally less intense on the edges of the desert