\begin{table}%t8 \par \caption{\label{Subtab}Properties of the foreground damped Ly-$\alpha$ systems detected along the UVES GRB spectra.} %\centerline { \begin{tabular}{lc cccccc ccc } \hline\hline &$\Delta z$& $z$ & log $N_{\rm_{HI}}$&log $N_{\rm OI}$ &log $N_{\rm SiII}$ & log $N_{\rm FeII}$ & [Fe/Si]&[O/H]&[Si/H]&[Fe/H]\\ &&(Sub-)DLA&($N$ in cm$^{-2}$)&($N$ in cm$^{-2}$)&($N$ in cm$^{-2}$)&($N$ in cm$^{-2}$)&\\ \hline GRB021004&0.487&\multicolumn{9}{l}{There are no intervening (Sub-)DLA along this los}\\ \hline GRB050730&0.542&3.5655&$20.2\pm0.1$&$N/A^a$&$<$$14.7$&$<$$13.6$&&&$<$$-1.0$&$<$$-2.3$\\ \hline GRB050820A&0.529&2.3598&$20.1\pm0.2$&$N/A^a$&$13.84\pm0.02$&$14.11\pm0.02$&$-0.22\pm0.02$&&$-1.5\pm0.2$&$-1.7\pm0.2$\\ \hline GRB050922C&0.468&2.0778&$20.65\pm0.15$&$>$$15.30$&$14.38\pm0.10$&$14.44\pm0.03$&$0.11\pm0.10$&$>$$-2.1$&$-1.83\pm0.18$&$-1.72\pm0.15$\\ \hline GRB060607A&0.596&$2.9374^b$&$19.4\pm0.1$&$>$$15.07$&$>$$14.74^c$&$14.16\pm0.03$&$<$$-0.53$&$>$$-1.1$&$>$$-0.2$&$-0.7\pm0.1$\\ &&$2.9322^b$&$19.0\pm0.1$&$<$$12.8$&$<$$12.6$&$<$$12.6$&$ $&$<$$-2.9$&$<$$-1.9$&$<$$-1.9$\\[1ex] \hline GRB071031&0.540&\multicolumn{9}{l}{There are no intervening (Sub-)DLA along this los}\\ \hline GRB080310&0.501&\multicolumn{9}{l}{There are no intervening (Sub-)DLA along this los}\\ \hline GRB080413A&0.503&\multicolumn{9}{l}{There are no intervening (Sub-)DLA along this los}\\ \hline \end{tabular}} \par \medskip $^a$ Line blended with other lines in the Ly-$\alpha$ forest. $^b$ To calculate the DLA number density we counted the $z=2.9374$ and $z=2.9322$ systems as~a~single system. $^c$ Blended with the Si~{\sc iv}$\lambda$1402 absorption line associated to the GRB. \end{table}