"drought area" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to a geographic area where an extended period of dry weather has caused a shortage of water. For example, "Many farmers in the drought area had to let their fields lie fallow due to lack of rain."
Although the showers reduced the hardest-hit drought area by half, more than 18,000 square miles of farmland remained critically endangered, the Chinese Agriculture Ministry said.
And finally a village in the drought area that uses simple water-saving and collecting techniques and is now self-sufficient.
Yet you see them doing it at weddings, while touring around, in really surprising situations – the most remarkable I recall being an aid worker taking a picture of a dead animal in a drought area in Africa.
SPDI series derived from different datasets are highly correlated, and consistent in drought area characterization.
The actual drought area and crop yield in drought years from 1961 to 2010 were analyzed.
All told, Asner concludes, 4% of the trees in the severe drought area had died, a rate of mortality four times the baseline rate in areas with normal rainfall.
Questions to ask include: Where are the major drought areas in the world today?
It is also taking over in drought areas of Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan, Alley Pond Park in Queens and Prospect Park in Brooklyn, said a spokeswoman for the Parks Department.
The Shabab have forced out many of the biggest Western aid agencies, including the World Food Program, from their territories and blocked starving people from escaping the drought areas.
But much of southern Somalia is still ruled by the Shabab, an Islamist militant group, which has forced out many large aid organizations and has even prevented starving people from fleeing drought areas.
Now countless unvaccinated children are dying from measles and cholera as tens of thousands of malnourished, immunity-suppressed people flee the drought areas and pack into filthy, crowded camps.
