Enrique Lopez-Tapia / A bassari child holding out hands to collect rainwater, Bassari country, east Senegal. This area became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012, for cultural landscape and traditions kept by the the Bas...

Jack Dykinga / Sunlit cliffs of Closed Canyon reflected in a seasonal rainwater pool in Santana tuff rock formation, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas, USA

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Colorful sandstone patterns of lines, ridges and ripples, carved by erosion, are reflected in rainwater pool, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Utah

Patricio Robles Gil / Accumulated rainwater on a Mafafa leaf in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in the mountains of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico

Nick Upton / Rainwater pool in limestone rock. Golgo Plateau, Gennargentu National Park, Baunei, Sardinia, Italy. May 2018.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Digger creating pools on upland peat moor to retain rainwater and create wetland habitat more suitable for sphagnum moss, Alladale Estate, Sutherland, Scotland, UK., July 2012.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Creating pools on upland peat moor to retain rainwater and create wetland habitat more suitable for sphagnum moss, Alladale Estate, Sutherland, Scotland, UK.July

Ashley Cooper / The Norfolk Naturalists Trust visitor centre at Cley, on the North Norfolk Coast. This is a 'green building' which has a green roof, which collects rainwater for flushing the buildings toilets, a grou...

Francois Savigny / Wildebeest {Connochaetes taurinus} drinking rainwater, Kalahari Gemsbok / Kgalagadi Transfrontier NP, South Africa

Anup Shah / Southern plains grey langur / Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus dussumieri) drinking from rainwater in a puddle . Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. March.

Anup Shah / Tana mangabey (Cercocebus galeritus) drinking from rainwater gathered in the hollow of a tree. Tana River Forest, South eastern Kenya.

Anup Shah / Tana mangabey (Cercocebus galeritus) drinking rainwater from a hollowed out tree. Tana River Forest, South eastern Kenya.

Fiona Rogers / Tana mangabey (Cercocebus galeritus) using its hand to scoop rainwater from a hollow in a tree for drinking. Tana River Forest, South eastern Kenya.

Anup Shah / Crested Mangabey (Cercocebus galeritus) licking arm to drink from rainwater gathered in the hollow of a tree, Tana River Primate Reserve, Kenya

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Orange (Citrus sp) orchard irrigation on Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, Western Cape, South Africa. The water comes from rainwater, mountain run-off and the Twee River, which fl...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Orange (Citrus sp) orchard irrigation on Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, Western Cape, South Africa. The water comes from rainwater, mountain run-off and the Twee River, which fl...

Tom Gilks / Buckets laid out in a courtyard to collect rainwater, Tanzania, Africa

Tony Heald / Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) lamb drinking from rainwater puddle. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa January

Nick Upton / Black headed gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in winter plumage in flight over others feeding on flooded meadow on the Somerset Levels after several days of heavy rain, UK, December.

Nick Upton / Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) resting on flooded meadow on the Somerset Levels after several days of heavy rain, UK, December.

Nick Upton / Black headed gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in winter plumage in flight over others feeding on flooded meadow on the Somerset Levels after several days of heavy rain, UK, December.

Jabruson / Boys cleaning livestock sheep / goat in rainwater puddle after start of Wet season. Boundary of western flank of the Waza National Park, Cameroon

Richard Du Toit / Swainson's Spurfowl (Francolinus swainsonii) drinking rainwater from tar road, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Charlie Summers / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) reflected in a rainwater puddle as it prepares to drink, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Nick Turner / Water butt next to house wall for harvesting rainwater, September 2008.

Ernie Janes / Saving rainwater, filling watering can from water butt, Norfolk, UK

Ernie Janes / Saving rainwater, filling watering can from water butt, Norfolk, UK

Juergen Freund / Rainwater in earthen jars surround the houses in Runduma Island, where water is scarce. These jars catch rain during the wet season. Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

David Woodfall / Water butt made out of oak tree, showing sustainable use of natural resources in peasant community. Romania, October 2010

Lisa Hoffner / Portrait of young Colombian girl, collecting rainwater for future use, in the village of Los Limites. Colombia, South America. July 2008

Tony Heald / Pitcher Plant [Nepenthes rajah] flower filled with rainwater and bugs, Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, September

Gary K. Smith / Rainwater flowing into roadside drain with colourful leaves, England, UK, Summer

Juergen Freund / Blocks of soft coquina limestone formed from shells of Bivalve Cardiid Cockle {Fragrum erugatum} Rainwater repeatedly dissolves small quantities of calcium carbonate of which the shells are composed....

Pete Oxford / Tourists watching Galapagos Giant Tortoises (Geochelone elephantophus porteri) wallowing in rainwater pool, Highlands, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos 2006

Pete Oxford / Tourists watching Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Geochelone elephantophus porteri) wallowing in rainwater pool, Highlands, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos 2006

Pete Oxford / Galapagos Giant Tortoise wallowing in rainwater pool (Geochelone elephantophus porteri) Highlands, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

James Aldred / African forest elephants {Loxodonta cyclotis} in rainforest clearing flooded with rainwater, Dzanga-Sanga Bai, Bayanga, Central African Republic, 2003

Kim Taylor / Tadpoles (unidentified) in a rainwater pool in the Namib Desert, Namibia

Kim Taylor / Tadpoles (unidentified) in a rainwater pool in the Namib Desert, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Colorful sandstone patterns of lines, ridges and ripples, carved by erosion, are reflected in rainwater pool, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Utah

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) tadpoles in rainwater pond, Costa Rica

Chase Dekker / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) shaking off rainwater, Iceland

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Seasonal rainwater pool reflecting surrounding sandstone buttes, autumn evening, Paria Wilderness Area, Arizona

Roland Seitre / Red-knobbed imperial-pigeon (Ducula rubricera) shaking rainwater from its wings, Solomon Islands. Captive.

Tui De Roy / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) hatchling swimming across a rainwater pool, littered with empty eggshells, toward the sea minutes after leaving the nest, Grande Riviere, Trinidad Island, Tri...

Tui De Roy / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) newly emerged hatchling swimming across a rainwater pool toward the sea, Grande Riviere, Trinidad Island, Trinidad & Tobago, Caribbean.

Tui De Roy / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) newly emerged hatchling swimming across a rainwater pool toward the sea, Grande Riviere, Trinidad Island, Trinidad & Tobago, Caribbean.

Tui De Roy / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) hatchling swimming across rainwater pool towards sea after emerging from its nest, Grande Riviere, Trinidad Island, Trinidad & Tobago, Caribbean.

Tui De Roy / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) hatchling, swimming vigorously across a rainwater pool toward the sea just after leaving nest, Grande Riviere, Trinidad Island, Trinidad & Tobago, Caribbean.

Doug Gimesy / Aerial view of desert showing showing erosion, rivulets and channels formed by rainwater, Anna Creek Station, South Australia. March, 2022.

Christian Ziegler / Man collecting rainwater from leaf, Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Charlie Summers / Gabar goshawk (Micronisus gabar) bathing in rainwater puddle in sandy road, Nossob Road, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

Tui De Roy / Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi), Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island. This is where the largest extant population exists, acting as ecosystem engineers by maintaining open meadows and digg...

Tui De Roy / Alcedo giant tortoises (Chelonoidis vandenburghi) wallowing, Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island. This is where the largest population still exists, acting as ecosystem engineers by maintaining open meadow...