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Figure 5.8
Coastal Somalia in March 1996 and January 1998. The 1998 view (NASA photograph NASA6-708-056), taken after the heavy rains, shows remarkably green vegetation over this normally arid region. It contrasts with the brown, more normal view, taken in March 1996 (NASA photograph NM21-727-006). The large light-colored patches on the coast are dune fields. The graph shows the regional precipitation deviations due to El Niņo. The cumulative observed precipitation is given by the heavy solid line, and normal precipitation (cumulative) is depicted by the thin dashed line. The bar indicates when the NASA 6 photo was taken. (Modified from the Climate Prediction Center, 1998.)

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