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An evaporative cooler (also known as evaporative air conditioner, swamp cooler, swamp box, desert cooler and wet air cooler) is a device that cools air through the evaporation of water. Evaporative cooling differs from other air conditioning systems, which use vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycles.
A pot-in-pot refrigerator, clay pot cooler [1] or zeer (Arabic: زير) is an evaporative cooling refrigeration device which does not use electricity. It uses a porous outer clay pot (lined with wet sand) containing an inner pot (which can be glazed to prevent penetration by the liquid) within which the food is placed.
Some modern tests have shown that the interior of the safe would achieve temperatures 3–9 °C (dependant on breeze) cooler than the atmospheric temperature during the middle of the day. [2] It was usually placed on a veranda where there was a breeze. The Coolgardie safe was a common household item in Australia until the mid-twentieth century.
Most of the rain in the southern districts of the State fall during the winter months when the sub-tropical high-pressure belt is displaced to the north over the Australian continent. [40] Typical desert landscape north of Coober Pedy. South Australia's mean temperature range is 29 °C (84 °F) in January and 15 °C (59 °F) in July.
This area contains the remote city of Alice Springs while the grasslands are home to a number of Indigenous Australian communities or are used for cattle grazing. This ecoregion contains four Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia bioregions – Burt Plain , Central Ranges , Finke , and MacDonnell Ranges .
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The average annual rainfall in the Australian desert ranges from 81 to 250 mm (3.2 to 9.8 in), which would make it a semi-arid climate. But a massive evaporation rate makes up for the higher than normal desert rainfall. Central Australia is arid, with the driest areas averaging 150 mm (5.91 in) of rainfall each year. Thunderstorms are ...
The rollout of the $14.99 Aussie Aussie Aussie deal comes as Outback seeks to boost traffic. The steakhouse chain experienced a 0.1% decrease in same-store sales year-over-year last quarter, while ...