The members of Para 3, a mortar unit stationed at the Kajaki wadi, are so familiar with their posting that they seem somewhat lackadaisical about the dangers of war.
"As soon as they start taking fire, they can get down behind these walls and move all the way from here down to the wadi [gully] line and never be seen," he said.
From there, the water flows into a shallow play pond, itself spilling over into a wadi when there is too much water.
Olfactory responses ofR. wadi apteral to wheat plant volatiles were higher than alate.