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Drought

Drought is when extended periods pass with no rain, and the ground water supplies become depleted.

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How do you humans cause droughts the main catastrophe?

yes we mainly do the way we treat the earth isn't good we take water from the ground and guess what that leads to a drought so yes we do cause droughts and natural disasters

How are droughts caused by humans and nature?

nature because humans dont control when it rains

What season do drought occur in?

Droughts can occur at any time of year, although technically speaking, a drought is measured over a long period of time. Some areas that receive their rainfall in winter may experience drought in the following summer if falls are below average, while it would be opposite for those who experience main rainfalls in summer.

What effect do droughts have on the society?

they have deaths and crops fail to grow if it does rain when there is a drought there would be little water to remoisturize the ground.

What are the positive negative about droughts?

i believe there is no postive thinsg about a drought but soem of the negative things could be:

1. you could die because there is not enough water.

2. all the rivers would be all dried out so then animals die (or you)

3. all the lands ground are too dry and crack

thats all i cpuld really think of!

sorry!!

i hope this helped coz im only 9! :(

How does droughts and famine impact on humans later on the years?

Famine:

People may not have enough nutrition later on.

Drought;

Farmers need to find new farmland and they can't grow crops near the droughts because it is too dry. Farmers may even need to migrate to other countries to start their farmland.

How long has drought been a problem?

Drought has usually been a problem for dry areas. But it has been a problem since the beginning of whenever drought was first seen

Can drought be a good thing?

yes because they keep things from flood things like pools

How do people suffer in drought affected areas?

In drought-affected areas people face often famine. People have to wait for help to come in the form of food, water and medicines from neighbouring places or international agencies.

What happens during a drought and how did the Mayan try to prevent droughts?

they droped them into a well or cenote with ornaments tied onto thier legs

What happens to the environment when drought happens?

There are numerous effects of drought on the environment.

Drought does the following:

  • increases the danger of bushfires, duststorms and other drought-related natural disasters
  • land degradation - as plants die off, winds can quickly strip the land of topsoil; the natural habitat of native animals is damaged and some may not survive; wetlands and lakes may dry up
  • increased desertification, i.e. once fertile land becomes desert, a situation from which the land rarely recovers
  • causes people to relocate, thus contributing to the death of towns
  • causes death to native animals, not only from lack of food and water, but also because drought can drive introduced species such as foxes and feral cats, which tend to be hardier than the native animals, to kill more native animals in the quest to survive.
  • droughts may be linked to a rise in temperature which may bring insects like locusts in plague proportions

How long did the Australian drought last for?

Most areas of Australia have permanent drought conditions.

What makes drought devastating?

Drought is devastating because family and friends can die because of hunger or thist

When is a drought most likely to occur?

Droughts are most likely to occur in places that experience unusually long periods of time between rains, such as semi-arid borderline deserts. They are also more common in areas that have been over-farmed and the topsoil has been depleted.

How do droughts end?

Precipitation, most likely rain,

But can rain somewhere else, and flash flood, or just ephemeral rivers/streams form

When April with his showers sweet with fruit the drought of march has pierced unto the root?

THE CANTERBURY TALES

When April with his showers sweet with fruit

The drought of March has pierced unto the root

And bathed each vein with liquor that has power

To generate therein and sire the flower;

When Zephyr also has, with his sweet breath,

Quickened again, in every holt and heath,

The tender shoots and buds, and the young sun

Into the Ram one half his course has run,

And many little birds make melody

That sleep through all the night with open eye

(So Nature pricks them on to ramp and rage)-

Then do folk long to go on pilgrimage,

And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,

To distant shrines well known in sundry lands.

And specially from every shire's end

Of England they to Canterbury wend,

The holy blessed martyr there to seek

Can drought cause other disasters to occer?

Yes droughts can casue no rain. So no rain, your crops will get ruined, which means no food. :P