extreme drought

collocation in English

meaningsofextremeanddrought

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extreme
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstriːm/us
/ɪkˈstriːm/
very large in amount ...
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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 ofextremeanddroughtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Usually no irrigation was required in the rainy season but was applied only when there wereextremedroughtperiods.
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In anextremedrought, activity of terrestrial gastropods undoubtedly is reduced and mortality increased.
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As drought stress was expected to induce increased mortality, 163, 173 and 245 larvae were assigned to the control, intermediate andextremedroughtstress treatment, respectively.
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In a departure from the previous focus on productive farmers, this payment was available to all farmers in anextremedroughtarea, irrespective of the health of their businesses.
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In the event ofextremedrought, this support would be increased through the doubling of the interest rate subsidies available to eligible farmers from 50 to 100 per cent.
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Thus, inland shipping is not the only user of river water, something that is abundantly clear during these days ofextremedrought.
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The importance of the present fire is due to theextremedrought, which has encouraged it to spread extremely rapidly.
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There are increasing periods ofextremedroughtfollowed by heavy rainfall, which results in more flooding.
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The fact is that last year, some areas experienced moreextremedrought, more extreme temperatures and certainly higher demand from domestic customers than in 1976.
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During the summer we suffered fromextremedrought.
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This is not just caused byextremedrought.
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We are changing the climate, the result of which is bothextremedroughtand extreme rainfall.
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There has been a dramatic increase in cases ofextremedroughtand water scarcity in recent decades.
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This instrument must respond with financial aid to situations ofextremedrought, fire and flooding, not forgetting under any circumstances the victims who need immediate help and assistance.
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It is an area that facesextremedroughtdue to high temperatures and low annual rainfall.
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Mean annual rainfall is less than 51102 cm per year, chiefly during the winter, withextremedroughtduring the summer.
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There is a medium occurrence of periods withextremedrought, but the flooding risk is low.
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There is a medium-high occurrence of periods withextremedrought.
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During theextremedroughtof that year, the average depth decreased to 2 ft.
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Only plants with special adaptations to exposure andextremedroughtcan survive, let alone thrive, on these exposed geological habitats.
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