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Descriptor
English
:
Droughts
Descriptor
Spanish
:
sequías
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Secas
Synonyms
English
:
Drought
Tree Number:
G16.500.175.781
G16.500.750.775.154
N06.230.100.230.150
SP4.001.037.403.524.290
SP4.011.117.383.529
SP8.473.654.587.617
Definition
English
:
Prolonged dry periods in natural
climate
cycle. They are slow-onset phenomena caused by
rainfall
deficit combined with other predisposing factors.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coordinate with
DISASTERS
if pertinent; specify geographic location
History Note
English
:
2009; use DISASTERS 1990-2008
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
HI
history
MO
mortality
PC
prevention & control
SN
statistics & numerical data
Record Number:
53351
Unique Identifier:
D055864
Occurrence in VHL
:
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