1. drought - a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season". The figure today is 1,400... and will probably fall bel… LXVI, no. A drought is a long period with no rain or unusually low levels of rain or other precipitation. • Christopher de Bellaigue, "The River" (the Ganges; review of Sunil Amrith, Unruly Waters: How Rains, Rivers, Coasts, and Seas Have Shaped Asia's History; Sudipta Sen, Ganges: The Many Pasts of an Indian River; and Victor Mallet, River of Life, River of Death: The Ganges and India's Future), The New York Review of Books, vol. "[I]n 1951 the average Indian [inhabitant of India] had access annually to 5,200 cubic meters of water. period of unusually dry weather that persists long enough to cause problems such as crop damage and water supply shortages 1 : a period of dryness especially when prolonged specifically : one that causes extensive damage to crops or prevents their successful growth resistant to drought. Noun. A drought is a long period of time during which no rain falls. A drought is a period of time when an area or region experiences below-normal precipitation. Synonyms: water … Droughts are the second-most costly weather events after hurricanes. Because weather and climate are different in different places throughout the world, there is no single definition … For example, Australian drought policy incorporates an understanding of normal climate variability into its definition of drought.

2 : a prolonged or chronic shortage or lack of something expected or desired a drought of creativity. Drought is a protracted period of deficient precipitation resulting in extensive damage to crops, and a consequential loss of yield. dryness, waterlessness, xerotes - the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) 2. Definition of drought. Conceptual definitions may also be important in establishing drought policy. 34–36. Drought and famines have killed up to two million people here....one of the worst droughts of the century. 15 (10 October 2019), pp. The lack of adequate precipitation, either rain or snow, can cause reduced soil moisture or groundwater, diminished stream flow, crop damage, and a general water shortage. drouth.