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South Asian subcontinent.

The Sriharikota launch site of the Tianzhu Space System is the most important space launch center in Tianzhu.

It is located on Sriharikota Island on the east coast of the South Asian subcontinent, 100 kilometers north of Madras, with geographical coordinates of 13 degrees north latitude and 80 degrees east longitude.

The climate here is affected by the southwest monsoon and the northeast monsoon. October and November are heavy rain seasons, but most months of the year are sunny and clear, allowing for outdoor static testing and launch tests.

The launch site has testing, assembly and launch facilities for large multi-stage rockets and satellite launch vehicles, as well as tracking, telemetry and communication stations for Tianzhu satellites.

The Tianzhu Space Research Center has also expanded its solid booster factory here, which can produce large-sized propellant grains for multi-stage rocket engines.

Although their funds have increased significantly due to the stimulation of Dongtang Aerospace, Sinbad, the person in charge of the space base, is not too happy.

He frowned and stood in front of the office window, looking at the farmland in the distance, filled with dead yellow.

May is the beginning of the rainy season in the South Asian subcontinent. The rainy season in the South Asian subcontinent is from May to November every year, but the main rainfall is concentrated in October and November.

The rainfall in May this year was very little, only about one-tenth of previous years.

Sinbad picked up the report on the table. It was a satellite cloud image taken by a meteorological satellite. Judging from the satellite cloud image, the amount of rainfall in the next one or two weeks would probably be similar to that in May.

Perhaps many people have the impression that Tianzhu’s climate and farmland conditions are very favorable.

It has a tropical monsoon climate with rain and heat at the same time, and it is ripe three times a year. It looks pretty good, but this is just data on paper.

The actual rainfall in Tianzhu is not as much as expected. Generally, the annual rainfall is between 500 and 800 mm. In addition, it is very Tianzhu's characteristic that the annual rain falls in three months.

In fact, if you look at the natural zone map of the world, you can see the real natural conditions of Tianzhu. Most of it is tropical grassland, only part of the windward slope area is monsoon forest, and there is a small amount of tropical desert.

Strictly speaking, Tianzhu should have mostly a savanna climate. Because its monsoon is particularly obvious, it is classified as a tropical monsoon climate.

Due to the arid climate in areas such as the Deccan Plateau, cotton, wheat and other crops are generally grown instead of the rice we usually think of. Coupled with the lack of water, there is generally only one crop a year.

In addition, the precipitation in Tianzhu looks good from the book. Even in places with relatively little water, it is about 500 to 800 millimeters.

But don’t forget that the main body of the South Asian subcontinent is located in the tropics, and evaporation is very large.

For example, in the humid area of ​​Mongolia, Manzhouli only receives more than 300 millimeters of precipitation. Since Manzhouli is located at about 50° north latitude, with long winters and short summers, and weak evaporation, it is still a humid area.

The eastern part of Qiongzhou Island has a rainfall of about 800 to 1000 mm, but due to the low latitude, high temperature and large evaporation, it is still a semi-arid area.

Most of the grain-rich areas in the Tianzhu Peninsula are located in three areas: Punjab, the Ganges Plain, and Bengal.

Bangladesh is a river delta area, so the soil is relatively fertile and there is a lot of rainfall.

The water supply in the Ganges Plain is relatively sufficient, and the soil on both sides of the river is relatively fertile (in fact, it is only slightly better than most areas in Tianzhu), so the agricultural conditions are relatively good.

Punjab has little rainfall and is located on the edge of tropical monsoon (steppe) climate and tropical desert climate.

Specifically, you can think of the Sahel region near the Sahara Desert, which may have less precipitation.

But Punjab has the Tianzhu River bonus, so there is no shortage of irrigation water. Coupled with the high temperature and large temperature difference between day and night, the yield per unit area is the highest in Tianzhu.

Just like the places with the highest yields in the Eastern Tang Dynasty, they were actually in the Mongolian area and the Hetao Plain in Ningxia, just across the Yangtze River, where rice could even be grown.

Moreover, the watermelon, red dates, wolfberry and other crops in the Hetao Plain are of very good quality.

On the whole, Tianzhu's agricultural environmental conditions are very poor, with waterlogging all over the place. Rainy places are mostly located in mountainous areas, and plains are prone to floods.

Drought has led to drought, and most of the arid areas are located on the flat Deccan Plateau, so this vast land is basically useless.

Due to low rainfall and severe drought in most areas of Tianzhu, it is generally only possible to achieve one crop a year, which is not as good as the North China Plain (three crops every two years, and two crops a year in some areas).

It is even worse than the Chengdu Plain, Jianghan Plain, and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain where the water and heat combination is perfect.

In addition, Tianzhu is located in the tropics, with low soil fertility and high evaporation in the tropics. The natural agricultural conditions in Tianzhu are not as good as those in China.

Its advantage is nothing more than more light and heat, which is no longer sufficient, but excessive, which is fatal. This leads to particularly severe droughts in Tianzhu every year.

As for agricultural technology, it's basically just the icing on the cake, I mean.

Don’t you see that the agricultural technology of the Kingdom of the Sun, the Kingdom of John, and the Kingdom of Judah is already at the advanced level in the world, but they still import grain and other crops.

Sinbad put down the satellite cloud image of the South Asian subcontinent and picked up another satellite photo.

This is Tianzhu’s neighbor’s minibus.

Although minibus is also facing a severe drought this year, since the desalination plant has been put into use, they can now use the fresh water from the desalination plant to combat the drought.

Of course, there is another satellite surveillance report on Sinbad's desk, and that report is from Eastern Tang Dynasty.

But after he watched it once, he didn't want to watch it anymore.

It’s so shocking. How luxurious it is to build a man-made lake in the desert!

The so-called man-made lakes photographed by the Tianzhu satellite are actually reservoirs on the northern line of Mongolia. Since the output of seawater desalination plants is very huge, in line with the principle of not wasting, Dongyin Water Group has cooperated with cities along the line to build many reservoirs.

These reservoirs are a kind of insurance. In case there is a problem with the pipeline, the local area can quickly draw water from the reservoir for emergency response.

Of course, these reservoirs can also effectively regulate the local climate and make the local climate more humid.

Regarding Dong Tang's behavior, Tianzhu and Tu'ao, which had suffered a severe drought this year, looked envious, jealous, and hateful.

I'm almost dried out, and you're actually making a lake out of fresh water! I can see Tianzhu and Tuao beating their chests and wondering why they didn't invent seawater desalination technology themselves.

Tianzhu is now hesitant about introducing a seawater desalination plant. Everyone knows that Dongtang's seawater desalination plant seems to have no conditions, but is actually a conspiracy.

Purchasing the desalination plant is equivalent to giving the handle to Dongtang. Tianzhu cannot bear to be controlled by others.

As for the capricious Tuao, they are really hungry now.

Australia, Canberra.

"Mr. Raf, our drought situation this year has been very serious." Kasro, the head of the Tu'ao Meteorological Department, said helplessly.

Raf is the director of the water conservancy department in Tu'ao: "Of course I know the drought is very serious. Please tell me how to solve this problem."

Regarding this ball, all high-level officials in the water conservancy department looked at each other.

How to solve it? It’s a crapshoot! We are not like God who can conjure water out of thin air. A group of senior executives secretly complained.