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List of terms for Desert science
The systematic collection of fog droplets into usable water (also known as fog-catching). It is common in arid countries like Chile, India, Peru and Yemen, where rainfall is scarce. Water is harvested by placing large nets, or metal sheets, in the path of fog clouds. Fog droplets condense on these, and the resulting water is passed through a network of pipes and channels.