Vocabulary Term Details

Drought

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drought)

Drought is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply whether surface or underground water. Generally, this occurs when a region receives consistently below average precipitation. It can have a substantial impact on the ecosystem and agriculture of the affected region. (Wikipedia)

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Broader Terms	Narrower Terms	Related Terms
Weather hazards	N/A	Arid climate Dry season Water depletion

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Approved Date
22-May-2013

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1995 drought report : a report on the severity of the drought of 1995 and its effect in the Severn and Trent catchments
Annual report 1989/90 regional review - Wessex region
Blooming weather: Predicting the incidence of summers with high-risk of cyanobacterial blooms
Continuous estimation of river flows
Darent action plan : restoration of low flows to the river Darent : public statement to accompany application to vary groundwater abstraction licences at Sundridge, Lullingstone, Eynsford, Horton Kirby, Darenth and Bexley
Drought - The Dry Facts
Drought : the dry facts
Drought in the South : in depth
Drought manual : initial draft. Volume 032 : water resources : chapters 1-11
East Devon public water supply strategy : surface water yield assessment - use of generated long flow records
Electric fishing survey (drought 1996 project) : final report
Environment Agency North West region regional drought plan
Interim report on the environmental impacts of the drought on Yorkshire rivers April 1995 to April 1996
Interim review of drought management experience in the North West Region of the National Rivers Authority. lessons learned (29th June 1995 - March 31st 1996)
Investigating the effect of changing retention time in natural and artificial water bodies: Simulations using PROTECH-D
Kennet and Coln river levels study. Volume two - River Coln : final report
Kentish Stour local Environment Agency plan : March 2000
Llyn Tegid dual pumping scheme : preliminary study report
Low flow augmentation study : River Nar : Phase 1. Stage 1 : draft planning report
Low flows and water resources : facts on the top 40 low flow rivers in England and Wales
Managing the drought and water resources : key issues statements approved by the board of the NRA June 1992
Measures to safeguard public water supplies : a second report to the Secretary of State for the Environment on the drought of 1995
Minewater discharges in South Wales
National Rivers Authority, Welsh Region : drought report 1989
Post drought soil water recharge : a study of the processes of recharge
Regional water resource review
Review of water company drought plans : a report to government
River Erewash catchment management plan : first annual review 1996
River Hiz : alleviation of low flows
Second interim report on the environmental impacts of the drought on Yorkshire's rivers April 1995 to April 1996
Sustaining our resources : Southern Region water resources development strategy : summary document
Teddington low flow survey 1991
The drought of 1988-1992 in Anglia : a review
The drought of 1995 : a report to the Secretary of State for the Environment
The environment and water resources projects. Volume 1 guidelines for the scoping and environmental assessment of water resources projects
The impact of climate change on severe droughts: Major droughts in England and Wales from 1800 and evidence of impact of Impact
The impact of climate change on severe droughts: River-flow reconstructions and implied groundwater levels
The new waterlands? Proceedings of a one day seminar organised by the Sussex Wildlife Trust as part of the RSNC Wildlife Trusts Parnership Water For Wildlife campaign
The precious resource : a brief guide to managing our water resources
The role of the National Rivers Authority
Water and the environment in times of drought
Water company plans to safeguard 1997 summer water supplies : Environment Agency report to the Secretary of State for the Environment : fifth report in a series
Water in the Thetford area
Water resources environmental monitoring electric fishing survey 2001
Water resources in England and Wales : early prospects for 2004
Wessex areas water resources strategy : consultation document

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Drought

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