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long drought

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meanings of longand drought


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long
adjective
uk /lɒŋ/ us /lɑːŋ/
continuing for a large amount ...
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drought
noun[C or U]
uk /draʊt/ us /draʊt/
a long period when there is little or ...
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Examples of long drought


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There is no worse sight than seeing a river drying up during a longdrought.
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This year the quantity of unsaleable fruit is rather more than usual because of the longdrought.
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At home, both the potato and the vegetable crops were adversely affected by the summer's longdrought.
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But we cannot stand a longdrought now because we have made such provision for running the water away.
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Scarcity of wood was likely due to a longdrought.
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Of this we have a characteristic example in the ceremony of the "aquaelicium", designed to produce rain after a longdrought.
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The system is designed to ensure there is natural fresh water for the gardens throughout the summer, even during a longdrought.
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By 1966 the station was stocked with over 50,000 cattle, despite a year longdrought.
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A longdrought during the 1940s and early 1950s, and increases in the amount of water being used, accelerated the loss of riparian habitats.
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In 2003, the district received significant snowfall after a longdrought.
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The fields remain lush-green throughout the year, even through a longdrought period.
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The rain will be followed by a longdrought, and there will be much to be preserved, which would otherwise be lost.
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Although the land gives them enough to live on, the precarious balance has been upset by a longdrought.
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The area flooded in 2010 after a longdrought and an estimated 35,000 pelican nests were found within the swamp area.
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They had to clear and plant new fields, and cultivated fields suffered in a longdrought.
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We present longdrought followed by torrential rains.
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However, the state had just been through a longdrought, and the reservoir which was supposed to be behind the dam, was virtually dry.
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