Assertion: camel's water | /r/HasProperty | scarce
Facets:
value: across the entire region
type: LOCATION
value: often
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Camels' humps consist of stored fat, which they can metabolize when food and water is scarce.
text: Camels have oval-shaped red blood cells that help continue blood flow during times when water is scarce.
text: The Camel is one of the most unique mammals on the planet and has adapted perfectly to life in the desert where food and water can often be scarce, and the temperature changes rapidly from the scorching-hot days to the cooler nights.
text: One of the most remarkable things about Camels is their ability to store the energy from their food and water as fat in their hump, which means they have a ready supply of energy when food and water are scarce.
text: It stores body fat which helps it to regulate temperature and provide energy to camel when the food and water is scarce.
text: When food and water are scarce the camel uses its stored fat in the hump for energy.
text: A California Historical Society Quarterly paper, written by A.A. Gray in 1930, noted the significance of that journey: "[Beale] had driven his camels more than 1,200 miles, in the heat of the summer, through a barren country where feed and water were scarce, and over high mountains where roads had to be made in the most dangerous places…He had accomplished what most of his closest associates said could not be done.
text: Although water is scarce across the entire region, the Sahara contains two permanent rivers (the Nile and the Niger), at least 20 seasonal lakes and huge aquifers, which are the primary sources of water in the more than 90 major desert oases.
text: This shape also allows their blood to flow more easily when water is scarce, which is common in a desert.
text: They have many adaptations to desert life including having the ability to lose up to 40% of their body weight when food and water are scarce and allowing their body temperature to rise in hot conditions in order to reduce sweating and to conserve moisture.