What this means in practice is that it may take a long time, perhaps several years, for water from a heavy rainy season to percolate through hills and emerge in a dambo, creating lagoons there or a flow in downstream rivers which can't be explained by the previous year's rainfall.
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During the reign ( 1824 57 ) of Emir Dambo, Dan Tunku s son and successor, the emirate was enlarged ( partially at the expense of his neighbors, most of whom acknowledged his over-lordship and agreed to be under the tutelage of his emirate ) . Dambo was perhaps the greatest prince that the emirate ever had, it was all due to his wise and strong leadership that the emirate was able to stay independent and strong, in a time when invasions were a frequent affair ).
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During the reign ( 1824 57 ) of Emir Dambo, Dan Tunku s son and successor, the emirate was enlarged ( partially at the expense of his neighbors, most of whom acknowledged his over-lordship and agreed to be under the tutelage of his emirate ) . Dambo was perhaps the greatest prince that the emirate ever had, it was all due to his wise and strong leadership that the emirate was able to stay independent and strong, in a time when invasions were a frequent affair ).
