Writing Assignment #3—Drought The National Drought Mitigation Center conceptually defines drought as “a protracted period of deficient precipitation resulting in extensive damage to crops‚ resulting in loss of yield”. Three indicators of drought include below normal soil moisture‚ reduced stream flow‚ and‚ most obviously‚ lack of precipitation. These indicators can be kept track of in order to help mitigate the effects of drought. The U.S. Drought monitor makes maps of the United States
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DROUGHT Mitigation through Ground water recharges techniques In Texas and other parts of world. Case study on Baluchistan largest part of Pakistan By JALALUDDIN QURESHI‚ Ph.D. Email:iwses@live.com Professor environment & Geology‚ Houston community college‚ Texas Different aspects of drought have been discussed in this paper. Like how drought differs from other natural disasters. Different types of drought viz meteorological‚ agricultural‚ and hydrological have been defined. Rainfall pattern
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DROUGHT Definition How does it happens/causes Types Damage Connection with other hazzards Example an extended period when a region receives a deficiency in its water supply‚ whether atmospheric‚ surface or ground water. Drought can be caused by too little precipitation (rain and snow) over an extended period --------------------------- It can also be caused by increased demand for the available supply of usable water ----------------------------- Human activity can directly trigger exacerbating
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“Drought: Can Conservation Make a Difference” Living in a country with rapidly growing population‚ conservation is an increasingly pressing matter. This dilemma is more prevalent in times of drought. Individuals have to play a part to manage water and to keep from soil erosion. However‚ making a population do something is a difficult objective to achieve. I offer a solution in three ways: one‚ that a fine is imposed on citizens that go over a certain amount and two‚ we make appliances and
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Since 2011‚ there has been a drastic change in California’s need for water conservation. The reason for this drought is we the people are causing the climate to change. From driving our cars and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmospheres causes the weather to function differently. It isn’t just the weather that is causing the drought‚ it is how much we use of water. 80% of the water is being used for agricultural and 20% is being used by us. Although the percentage is low‚ the more we waste‚
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Drought in Manipur Drought means the acute dryness resulting from the failure of rain. When there is a failure of rain drought occurs and a dry of alarm sweeps over the country. This in turn affects the geographical area of the particular state or country mostly upon the farmers in their Paddy cultivations. We may say that Drought is deadlier than flood or cyclone. Failure of rain gives rise to drought. Failure of rain is due to the following reasons
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The California Drought has become increasingly costly to our future and the state of our planet. California is now entering its sixth year of the drought and is facing the worst drought we have seen in 1‚200 years. Some contributing factors are the vast water use in agricultural practices‚ and the weak and unenforced water management policies. Although this drought we face is large and somewhat daunting‚ there is room for improvements and paths to solutions if we work together in efforts to save
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MAHARASHTRA DROUGHT- A MANMADE TRAGEDY BY DILIP KUMAR ROY Maharashtra experienced severe and successive years of drought in 1970-74 and 2000 – 04. One-third of Maharashtra has now been affected by drought‚ which officials and activists fear could be worse than the one in 1972‚ the worst Maharashtra has ever known. Successive dry spells in the past two years have induced severe drought in parts of Maharasthra such as Vidarbha and Marathwada‚ where availability of drinking water has become
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Tevin Mccaskill Eng-114 D1 Mrs. Lofton Severe Drought 10 Oct 2012 In “Severe Drought Seen as Driving Cost of Food Up” (The New York Times‚ 25 July 2012)‚ Annie Lowrey and Ron Nixon explain that due to the drought which is caused by the amount of heat the U.S. experienced this year; the prices of food will increase based on the lack of crops being produced. The drought will cause an increase in groceries because the heat causes the production of crops to falter‚ leaving farmers with no way
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Effects of Drought Natural phenomenon along with being very beautiful and useful for humankind‚ sometimes become very disastrous and demolishing for them. They show a negative side of nature and indicate some very demolishing aspects of nature‚ which the humans cannot ignore because of possessing less power. These incidents remind people that they do not have the control over everything and they are very small in front of such natural calamities. However‚ with strategic and wise planning one can
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