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Preferred term

drought

Is replaced by

drought

Definition

[Henderson's] n. situation in which a region does not receive its normal amount of water because of decreased rainfall, increased evaporation due to higher than normal temperatures or a combination of both.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_168

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 3/21/22

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