periodic drought

collocation in English

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periodic
adjective
uk
/ˌpɪə.riˈɒd.ɪk/us
/ˌpɪr.iˈɑː.dɪk/
happening repeatedly over a period ...
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drought
noun[C or U]
uk
/draʊt/us
/draʊt/
a long period when there is little or ...
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(Definition ofperiodicanddroughtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The effects of stochastic events, such asperiodicdrought, on the in-stream flows of the river, have not been considered in the model.
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Wealth differentiation was tempered byperiodicdroughtand disease episodes, which uniformly decimated herds in a resource management regime that assured access to all community members.
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It suffers from isolation, poor soils, andperiodicdrought.
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Rainfall is very seasonal andperiodicdroughtoccurs regularly.
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In past decades, it was widely used by migrant workers fleeingperiodicdroughtconditions in their home region.
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Guaraciama suffers fromperiodicdroughtand poor highway communications.
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They lived in tropical areas that experiencedperiodicdrought.
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Moreover, rainfall varied greatly from year to year, so crops were prone to be ruined byperiodicdrought.
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Periodicdroughta feature of semi-arid regions is one cause of water shortage.
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The climate is semi-arid and the region suffers fromperiodicdrought.
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Because ofperiodicdroughtand limited area, the rain-fed uplands did not support sufficient output of cereal crops to meet domestic demand.
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One of its most serious implications was that periodic droughts could be compensated for to a lesser extent.
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Thus, for example, farmers could be expected to make many of the same kinds of passive adjustments to a prolonged drought that they make to periodic droughts.
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Yields were well above world averages and by the mid-1970s the farms were supplying nearly half the local wheat of the country, despite periodic droughts, disease, and other crises.
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When water was plentiful, the region could support a great deal of plant and animal life, but periodic droughts often resulted in mass mortality.
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However, caliche deposits indicate at least periodic droughts.
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Nemegt sediments preserve floodplains, large river channels and soil deposits, but caliche deposits indicate periodic droughts.
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Rainfall is irregular, historically causing periodic droughts and famines.
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The sturgeons long life span and repeat spawning in multiple years allows them to outlast periodic droughts and environmental catastrophes.
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Periodic droughts and subsequent famines often led to war.
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