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Callan explains that he wears a gravity-fed backpack containing 15 litres of water, and his job is to sprinkle the ice with water droplets of different sizes.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

In between, Pacific Climbing Trail will create a new option for quick laps on these short but sweet gravity-fed runs.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

But he acknowledged that the method of growing the crop, which is most often through gravity-fed irrigation flood systems, could be improved “through more careful irrigation systems” and by increasing yields.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2023

All the sounds were of water: the tick-tack of melting snow hitting tin roofs, the popple of gravity-fed pipes pouring mountain water into troughs.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022

Luckily, with plenty of elevation to work with, the vast majority of the system is gravity-fed, with only two pump sites to serve some of the higher subdivisions.

From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2016