Sentence examples for lower drought from inspiring English sources

Lower drought risk is found for the areas surrounding the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border (particularly, the Saskatchewan River watershed).

During the decaying summer, El Niño has a similar influence on China except in SW and SE, where there is lower drought risk and higher flood risk.

The frequency analysis of all sites in each homogeneous region shows that the Pearl River Delta is characterized by a high drought risk, while a relatively lower drought risk in the west and northeast parts of the Pearl River basin.

At lower sites, drought leads to a decline in potential timber production and a shift towards more drought-tolerant species.

Physiological parameter changes showed that relative water content (RWC) of leaves was down-regulated during grain development stages in both groups, but it was significantly lower in drought treated group (Fig. 1b).

As expected, estimates of broad-sense heritability and prediction accuracy were lower under drought stress conditions with a larger SE of the predictive correlation (0.088 0.107) than those obtained under WW (ample rainfall) conditions (0.057 0.071).

The leadership of countries with tropical forests face a tough tradeoff between apparent quick gains – higher growth and new (if mostly low-wage, insecure) jobs versus a sustainable flow of long-run collective benefits: clean water, lower pollution, drought-protected agriculture, slower silting of hydroelectric dams.

In the lower River Murray, Australia, drought-induced water level recession and acid sulfate soil exposure prompted the construction of an earthen levee, isolating a section of river channel (the Goolwa weir pool (GWP)) within which water levels were managed to mitigate a risk of water body acidification.

Since (i) upper layers of soil dry out before lower layers as drought progresses and (ii) root elongation is highly inhibited by drought (Bengough et al. 2010), deeper nodal roots of Napier grass at the onset of the experiment (Fig.  6A) could have facilitated their elongation in the vicinity of more available water with increasing soil depth in drying soil.

The government estimated that corn exports would be 50 million bushels lower because of drought conditions and competition from cheaper South American supplies.

"In sub-Saharan Africa we're likely to see increased incidence of drought, lower crop yields and food price spikes in years to come, adding to pressures on communities that are already living with other stresses and where population is increasing," saysRichard Black, director of the Energy and Climate Intelligence think tank.