1.   In addition they help conserve the existing soil structure by protecting the surface from the destructive force of winter rain.

2.   Most of them had to cross a creek swollen with winter rains, and deadly cold with winter ice and snow.

3.   The plant and the soil it grew in have long since spilled from the toppled pot and been washed away in the winter rains.

4.   Because of record rains that winter, the Thunder girls often have to practice on swampy fields or tennis courts.

5.   Breathe in the earthy aroma of a live oak forest after a Southern California winter rain.

6.   A soft winter rain is falling on this sleepy farm town on the western edge of Burgundy.

7.   Deep below the coarse West Bank hills rests a vast natural limestone reservoir, tapped year-round and recharged by winter rains.

8.   During the winter, much of the southern tier of the United States, from California to Florida, is likely to experience heavier, more frequent winter rains.

9.   Heavy winter rains spurred lush growth in the region, creating a risk for major wildfires this summer.

10.   Here on Ellesmere Island, biologists attribute the sharp declines in Peary caribou populations to the winter rains that have sealed vital forage vegetation under sheets of ice.