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    A drought is a prolonged period of deficient precipitation that results in a shortage of water. Droughts can have significant impacts on ecosystems and agriculture by reducing crop yields, increasing dust storms and wildfires, and threatening wildlife habitats and human communities. Common consequences of drought include famine, disease, mass migration, and social unrest. Droughts are typically caused by a lack of rain due to high pressure weather systems and winds carrying dry air, but human activities like deforestation, overfarming, and climate change can exacerbate their effects.

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    A drought is a prolonged period of deficient precipitation that results in a shortage of water. Droughts can have significant impacts on ecosystems and agriculture by reducing crop yields, increasing dust storms and wildfires, and threatening wildlife habitats and human communities. Common consequences of drought include famine, disease, mass migration, and social unrest. Droughts are typically caused by a lack of rain due to high pressure weather systems and winds carrying dry air, but human activities like deforestation, overfarming, and climate change can exacerbate their effects.

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    A drought is a prolonged period of deficient precipitation that results in a shortage of water. Droughts can have significant impacts on ecosystems and agriculture by reducing crop yields, increasing dust storms and wildfires, and threatening wildlife habitats and human communities. Common consequences of drought include famine, disease, mass migration, and social unrest. Droughts are typically caused by a lack of rain due to high pressure weather systems and winds carrying dry air, but human activities like deforestation, overfarming, and climate change can exacerbate their effects.

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    A drought is a prolonged period of deficient precipitation that results in a shortage of water. Droughts can have significant impacts on ecosystems and agriculture by reducing crop yields, increasing dust storms and wildfires, and threatening wildlife habitats and human communities. Common consequences of drought include famine, disease, mass migration, and social unrest. Droughts are typically caused by a lack of rain due to high pressure weather systems and winds carrying dry air, but human activities like deforestation, overfarming, and climate change can exacerbate their effects.

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    Drought A drought (or drouth [archaic]) is an extended period of months or years when a region notes

    a deficiency in its water supply. 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. Common consequences of drought include:

    Diminished crop growth or yield productions and carrying capacity for livestock Dust bowls, themselves a sign of erosion, which further erode the landscape Dust storms, when drought hits an area suffering from desertification and erosion Famine due to lack of water for irrigation Habitat damage, affecting both terrestrial and aquatic wildlife Malnutrition, dehydration and related diseases Mass migration, resulting in internal displacement and international refugees Reduced electricity production due to insufficient available coolant for power stations, and reduced water flow through hydroelectric dams. Shortages of water for industrial users Snakes migration and increases in snakebites Social unrest War over natural resources, including water and food Wildfires, such as Australian bushfires, are more common during times of drought

    Causes
    Generally, rainfall is related to the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere, combined with the upward forcing of the air mass containing that water vapor. If either of these are reduced, the result is a drought. This can be triggered by an above average prevalence of high pressure systems, winds carrying continental, rather than oceanic air masses (i.e. reduced water content), and ridges of high pressure areas form with behaviors which prevent or restrict the developing of thunderstorm activity or rainfall over one certain region. Human activity can directly trigger exacerbating factors such as over farming, excessive irrigation, deforestation, and erosion adversely impact the ability of the land to capture and hold water. While these tend to be relatively isolated in their scope, activities resulting in global climate change are expected to trigger droughts with a substantial impact on agriculture Ways to prevent it or leesen casualities or damage Stop deforestation Save Water Stop killing the fertile ground Take care of Glaciers Take advantage of rain and mountain water

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