Rainfall is scanty and erratic and water-resources are scarce. This included living on the British Tommy's relatively scanty rations. The southern zone is arid with hot summers and relatively cold winters and scanty rainfall. Precipitation in Gaborone is scanty and erratic. Knowledge of the history of Thurii is very scanty and fragmentary. Ground cover is scanty and seedlings regeneration is practically absent. The African bush elephant has grey skin with scanty hairs. The ancient emergence of Vaishnavism is unclear, the evidence inconsistent and scanty. Biographical data for him is scanty, fragmented and often confusing. Scanty and technically imperfect, it was mostly used for resupplying the ships and the army. Information on informal sector activities is scanty or non-existent. The mane is scanty on the cheeks and throat where it is only long. He had a scanty and fragmented education. The available data are scanty and fragmented. Evidence for wool production in Egypt is scanty at this period.