It is a drought
drought
A Desert.
deserts
im not sure if there is a word for it but if you want a period where more water evaporates than the precipitationyou would find the wordarid
instead of long period of time, you can use phrases like:a long terma long spella phaseyou can even use the word tenure if it suits the situation.
Yes, rainfall is a compound word that contains the words rain and fall.
That is a drought.
Drought .
There's been a dearth of rainfall, lately.
Word length has little to do with meaning in virtually all cases. Did you notice that "long" is a short word?
Yes
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