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was drought
noun
A period of below average rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
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Now it was drought, not war, that was the problem.
There was drought in the Southwest while Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee destroyed homes and rerouted rivers in the Northeast.
In a study published Monday in Tel Aviv: Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University, researchers say it was drought that led to the collapse in the ancient southern Levant.
But gave it a good watering just in case it was drought (which didn't seem that likely considering our watering, but...) Whether it was the watering or the silica spray or something else we'll never know, but it is upright again stretching to the passing clouds, undeterred by the grasping tendrils of the beans, happy to leave the confines of the wigwams and hitch a ride ever closer to the sun.
The clone 105aa was drought resistant, high survival percentage and root growth.
Contrary to our expectations, annual rainfall volume was weakly and negatively correlated with burned area, and the strongest predictor of burned area was drought during the ignition season.
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Shanhua 11 was drought-tolerant cultivar and Hua 17 was drought-sensitive.
During its wettest phases during the 'monsoonal maximum,' the area was drought-prone, sustaining a meager steppe shrub desert flora.
They calculated the safety margin for each one by looking at the difference between the amount of pressure in the xylem when each species was drought-stressed and the pressure at which half of the xylem was clogged.
That something is drought.
They're drought tolerant.
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