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Drought

A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.: 1157 A drought can last for days, months or years. Drought often has large impacts on the ecosystems and agriculture of affected regions, and causes harm to the local economy. Annual dry seasons in the tropics significantly increase the chances of a drought developing, with subsequent increased…

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Drought

Nodes249
Edges248
Triples199
Avg. degree1.99
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related to East Africa · 26
Drought → Africa, Burundi, Conversely, December, Droughts, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, For, Horn, In, July, Kenya, March, May, Nile, October, Rwanda, September, Somalia
has impact · 20
Drought → Agriculture Organization, At, Crop, Development, Drought-induced, Droughts, Economic, Environmental, Food, It, One, Plant, Reduced, The, There, This, United Nations, US, Water, Water-use
related to Indices and monitoring · 20
Drought → Deciles, Evaporative, Indices, It, Keetch-Byram Drought Index, NDVI, Palmer, PDSI, Several, SPEI, SPI, Standardized, Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index, The, The SPEI, The VCI, The World Meteorological Organization, These, VDI, VHI
related to Australia · 16
Drought → American, As, Australia, Australian, Australian Millennial, By, In June, July, Millennium Drought, Murray-Darling, October, Perth, Regular, The, Tim Flannery, Western Australia
related to history · 15
Drought → Africa, BC Chile, Beliefs, Biblical, Droughts, Egypt, Epic, Exodus, Gilgamesh, Globally, Hunter-gatherer, In, Joseph's, The, Throughout
related to Himalayan river basins · 11
Drought → Approximately, Bangladesh, China, Ganges, Himalayan, In, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, UN
related to External links · 10
Drought → California, Irvine, Media, Monitoring, Prediction System, University, WikibooksGIDMaPS Global Integrated Drought, Wikimedia Commons The, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2, WiktionaryDrought
related to Amazon basin · 8
Drought → According, Amazon, Amazonian Research, Brazilian National Institute, In, It, Scientists, WWF
related to Definition · 8
Drought → According, National Integrated Drought Information, NOAA, Report, System, The IPCC Sixth Assessment, The National Weather Service, This
related to Loss of fertile soils · 8
Drought → Aeolian, For, Great Plains, It, Loess, Therefore, Under, Wind

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Droughtis aperiod of drier-than-normal conditions0.90text
Droughtis arecurring feature of the climate in most parts of the world0.90text
Droughtis acomplex phenomenon0.90text
Droughtis asimilar concept to water scarcity.The different categories of droughts have different causes but similar effects0.90text
aquifersinstance ofthe conditions surrounding it gradually worsen and its impact on the local population gradually increases.Hydrological drought happens when water reserves available in sources0.80text
lakesinstance ofthe conditions surrounding it gradually worsen and its impact on the local population gradually increases.Hydrological drought happens when water reserves available in sources0.80text
reservoirs fall below average or a locally significant thresholdinstance ofthe conditions surrounding it gradually worsen and its impact on the local population gradually increases.Hydrological drought happens when water reserves available in sources0.80text
the normalized difference vegetation indexinstance ofThe VCI and VHI are computed based on vegetation indices0.80text
Africainstance ofThis is particularly the case in regions of the world where not enough data is available0.80text
South Americainstance ofThis is particularly the case in regions of the world where not enough data is available0.80text
local arid airinstance offeedback mechanisms0.80text
hot conditions which can promote warm core ridginginstance offeedback mechanisms0.80text

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