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drought usually occurs in the prairies because of the dry climate
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There is differences in land use in different parts of the world because each part of the world has a specific climate and conditions that determine how the land can be use. Hence the reason that some plants can flourish in certain areas while it quickly does in other areas.
The world's longest drought lasted 400 years from 1571 until 1971 in the Atacama Desert of Chile, the driest place on Earth. Don Ross a Sydney resident also suffered an alarming drought that lasted approximately three months during 2010 which some experts are calling the longest drought suffered by a male since records began.
Australia is and has been and it also isn't unusuall for them.Most of Australia, other than the tropics, has been in drought for the past 12 years. Periodically, shires (regions) are taken off the list of drought-declared areas, but given Australia's essentially dry nature; they Australia has had many droughts, and in some parts of the country these droughts are continuing even today. There is always a region or shire in Australia which is drought-declared at any given time. It is the geography of the continent which makes Australia so prone to droughts. Some of Australia's major historical droughts include:The "Federation drought" 1895-1902The drought of 1914-15The World War II droughts between 1937-451965-68 droughtThe 1982-83 drought, culminating in the horrific Ash Wednesday bushfiresEl Niño - 1991 through to 1995This list is by no means exhaustive, as drought continues in many regions, and has done so since the beginning of this new millennium.re returned to the list within months.
In parts of the world where there is a defined growing season, and a defined non-growing season, no. But, in other parts of the world, where growing conditions are favorable pretty well all year round, yes. But, even in these parts, there are times when sugarcane cannot be grown, like during severe drought conditions.
Peru and Ecuador South-east Asia Southern Africa Northern Australia isn't.
Because different parts of the world offers different living conditions.
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Show the map of drought prone areas of the world
In some places there is not enough water - drought conditions are normal whist in some places they live with the fear of flooding as there is lots of water
Crops and ultimately people die in drought. Third world countries do not have adequate means to deal with drought.
drought usually occurs in the prairies because of the dry climate
Many parts of Australia are still in a state of drought. Some regions have been drought declared for 13 of the past 16 years, particularly in South Australia, central Queensland and parts of Victoria and New South Wales. As one of the world's driest continents, drought is a continual fact of life.
yes, the world does have a national drought policy considering the econemy in a bad situation right now the world has to consider it more strikly than ever a national drought policy.
There are often droughts somewhere in the world.
Nebraska is typically a dry area, with much of it experiencing drought like conditions a lot of the time. However, Nebraska sits on the Ogallala Aquifer, which is one of the largest in the world.