Are droughts and floods opposites

Anonymous

∙ 12y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

It can be. But a drought is much less rain than usual, and it is possible to get much more rain than usual without triggering a flood. The opposite of a drought or 'dry spell' would be a 'wet spell' (such as a monsoon season).

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∙ 12y ago

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