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Eco-Pros Grasslands and Prairies
The government set up programs to help restore the land ... in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. People and Events - The Great Depression, The Drought, Black Sunday, Mass Exodus from the Plains, The New Deal, Works Progress Administration. Prairie Links ...
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Sourcebook Efficient Irrigation
After this time, a Xeriscape landscape may require no irrigation unless it is a drought period. Unless there are large expanses ... follow-up package. 6. Water only when plants need it and water deeply. Deep, more drought tolerant root systems will develop from a weekly deep soaking. Irrigate in the coolest part ...
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Drought
In 1998, drought conditions came back with a vengeance and the lack of rain persisted for a long period, to the ... of the Hamoun Wetlands. It is thought that the persistent drought conditions, along with the weakening of the wetlands system (from ... period for the wetlands to recover. Now, about all that is left is salt flats and some patches of dying reeds in mudholes here and there. Hurricane Drought ...
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Climate Prediction Center - Expert Assessments: United States Seasonal Drought Outlook
Expert Assessments > Drought Assessment > Seasonal Drought Outlook (Click on image to enlarge) PDF Version of Seasonal Drought Outlook Graphic Latest Seasonal Assessment - Tropical Storm Edouard brought drought relief to the ... period on August 7. Improvement is also on tap for northern and eastern Texas over the 3-month forecast period, with more limited relief for central Texas, and drought ...
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Montana & Idaho - Drought of 2005? :: HarvestH2O.com
April period will be warmer than average, making chances of a seventh year of drought greater in a state where lack of moisture has intensified the water drought situation. If ... Over the same period, the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, California, New Mexico and Texas experienced double-digit growth. Although harvesting rainwater will not solve the growth or drought problem, ...
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Natural Hazards.org: Investigate: Drought
Sometimes, a natural hazard is a shortage of something, such as water in the case of drought. A drought is an extended period of depleted soil water. Usually, a drought ... is effectively a drought. Water at the surface, and just below the surface, is frozen for a long period of time ... extended period of time and there is not enough water in stored in the ground for plant growth, a drought ensues ...
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NCDC: Historic Palmer Drought Indices
US as measured by several Palmer Drought Indices (Palmer, 1965) are provided for the years 1900 through present. Animations of any set of monthly maps for any period desired can be viewed by selecting the beginning and ending year and the months of interest. The following indices are available: Palmer Z Index: measures short-term drought on ...
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Drought Royal Meteorological Society UK, Weather and Climate
Drought What is a drought? There is no simple answer to this question. Dictionaries and glossaries tell us that a drought is a long period of dry weather when there is much less rainfall than average, but this is rather vague. Drought ... drought problems in recent decades, with the worst drought since rainfall records began (in 1727) occurring in 1975 and 1976. In the period ...
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Oxfam's Cool Planet - On the Line - teachers' resources - secondary - Drought, nomads and the price of peanuts
Oxfam's Cool Planet - On the Line - teachers' resources - secondary - Drought, nomads and the price of peanuts Drought, nomads and the price of peanuts Issues: Land use and trade Description: Using industrial ... and the European customer. They also consider which approach is more likely to resist a period of drier weather. Click here to go to task 3. Key questions – expanded • Are droughts ...
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Drought indices
Efthymiadis et al. (2006). These span the period 1800-2003 and are on a resolution of 10 minutes ... 693-712 (doi:10.1002/joc.1181). Palmer WC (1965) Meteorological drought. Weather Bureau Paper 45, US Dept. of Commerce, Washington D.C ... N, Goddard S and Hayes MJ (2004) A self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index. Journal of Climate 17, 2335-2351. van der Schrier ...
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