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SECHERESSE CATASTROPHIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
CONT

Other consequences by 2015 from not correcting the groundwater problem: ... Higher exposure to catastrophic drought due to lack of groundwater for crop irrigation.

CONT

After a catastrophic drought and 20 years of conflict in the region, community coping mechanisms in Afghanistan are totally exhausted now.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
CONT

[...] ce sont les anomalies dans l'amplitude des migrations méridiennes de la zone de convergence intertropicale qui sont à l'origine des sécheresses catastrophiques qui se succèdent au Sahel.

OBS

On écrirait mieux «sècheresse».

OBS

sècheresse : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Key term(s)
  • sècheresse catastrophique

Spanish

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