drought

  • 71drought year — year in which there is very little rainfall …

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  • 72drought bus — /ˈdraʊt bʌs/ (say drowt bus) noun a mobile government office for the processing of applications under the Australian government EC assistance scheme …

  • 73drought spot — noun : an external physiological disorder of fruits caused by a boron deficiency …

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  • 741988 North American drought — Coordinates: 46°N 94°W / 46°N 94°W / 46; 94 The US Drought of 1988 was one of the worst droughts in US history. It was …

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  • 75National Integrated Drought Information System — The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Act was signed into law in 2006 (Public Law 109 430). The Western Governors Association described the need for NIDIS in a 2004 report, Creating a Drought Early Warning System for the 21st …

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  • 76Palmer Drought Index — The Palmer Drought Index, sometimes called the Palmer Drought Severity Index and often abbreviated PDSI, is a measurement of dryness based on recent precipitation and temperature. It was developed by meteorologist Wayne Palmer, who first… …

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  • 77Sahel drought — The Sahel drought from the late 1960s to early 1980s created a famine that killed a million people and afflicted more than 50 million.Fact|date=September 2008 The economies, agriculture, livestock and human populations of much of Mauritania, Mali …

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  • 78Federation Drought — In Australia, the Federation Drought is the name given to a prolonged period of drought that occurred around the time of Federation in 1901.Though often thought of as a long drought, until the record dry year of 1902 the period was actually one… …

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  • 79Keetch-Byram Drought Index — The Keetch Byram Drought Index (KBDI), created by John Keetch and George Byram in 1968 for the United States Department of Agriculture s Forest Service, outlines mathematical models for predicting the likelihood of wildfire based on soil moisture …

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  • 80Worster-Drought syndrome — This article is about the form of cerebral palsy. For the type of dementia also known as Worster Drought syndrome, see Familial British dementia. Worster Drought syndrome is a form of congenital suprabulbar paresis that occurs in some children… …

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