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The 82 pages that link to Drought, each with the reason it gives.

• DesertificationRelated: Drought can stress plants and intensify degradation where land is already vulnerable.

• MonsoonRelated: A weak or delayed monsoon can produce agricultural and hydrological drought.

• WildfireRelated: Drought dries vegetation and can lengthen the period when fuels readily burn.

• EvapotranspirationRelated: Reduced soil water can suppress evapotranspiration, making it a useful indicator of land drying.

• Mediterranean climateRelated: Mediterranean regions are vulnerable when winter rains fail or arrive irregularly.

• Water scarcityRelated: It creates temporary supply shortages and can intensify chronic scarcity.

• SahelRelated: Rainfall deficits can sharply reduce crops, pasture, and water supplies across the region.

• El Niño–Southern OscillationRelated: ENSO shifts the odds of drought in regions including Australia and southern Africa.

• PrecipitationCompared with: A precipitation deficit is a common cause and indicator of drought.

• FloodCompared with: Drought is the opposite water extreme, marked by scarcity rather than inundation.

• HydrologyRelated: Hydrologic monitoring distinguishes depleted streamflow and groundwater from short-term dry weather.

• Rainwater harvestingRelated: Stored rain can help bridge dry periods, though capacity depends on prior rainfall and demand.

• Dust BowlRelated: Years of scarce rain weakened crops and left fields vulnerable to wind.

• Water tableRelated: Reduced recharge during drought can cause water tables to decline.

• OvergrazingCompared with: Drought can reduce pasture growth independently, though it often makes overgrazing damage more severe.

• FamineCompared with: Drought can contribute to famine, but it does not inevitably cause one.

• Land degradationCompared with: Drought is a climatic hazard; it can contribute to degradation but may be temporary.

• Groundwater rechargeRelated: Drought limits a major natural source of recharge and can delay aquifer recovery.

• Dust stormRelated: Drought dries soils and reduces vegetation that would otherwise anchor them.

• Horn of AfricaRelated: Repeated rainfall failures threaten crops, livestock, and water supplies.

• Tropical climateRelated: A delayed or weak rainy season can produce severe drought even in warm climates.

• Desert ecologyRelated: Desert life routinely faces water limitation, and drought can intensify that stress.

• Water cycleRelated: Persistent imbalances in precipitation, evaporation, and storage can deplete usable supplies.

• El NiñoRelated: El Niño raises drought risk in some regions, including parts of Australia and southern Africa.

• ForageRelated: Drought can sharply reduce forage growth and livestock feed supplies.

• Indian Ocean DipoleRelated: Dipole-related rainfall deficits can worsen drought risk in Australia and Southeast Asia.

• Climate variabilityRelated: Natural shifts in precipitation and temperature can initiate or intensify drought.

• Heat waveCompared with: Drought concerns water deficits; a heat wave concerns unusually high temperatures, though they can reinforce each other.

• Late Bronze Age collapseRelated: Climate records support regional drought, but its timing and impact varied across the affected societies.

• Water securityBroader topic: Drought tests whether water systems can maintain essential supplies through prolonged deficits.

• Physical geographyBroader topic: Climate and hydrology reveal drought patterns and their environmental impacts.

• WaterloggingCompared with: Drought limits plant water supply, while waterlogging deprives roots of air.

• WeatherRelated: Persistent weather deficits can reduce water supplies and damage ecosystems and agriculture.

• Rain-fed agricultureRelated: A rainfall deficit can sharply reduce yields where crops lack another water source.

• SteppeRelated: Recurring drought restricts tree establishment and favors drought-tolerant steppe plants.

• AngkorRelated: Evidence of extended drought helps explain pressures on Angkor’s water infrastructure.

• Climate change attributionRelated: Attribution examines how climate change affects drought risk while accounting for local water use.

• SnowpackRelated: Low snow accumulation can reduce runoff and intensify water shortages during dry seasons.

• HenanRelated: Water shortages can threaten Henan’s farms and urban water supplies.

• Rangeland managementRelated: Drought reduces forage and can require rapid changes to livestock use.

• Murray–Darling BasinRelated: Extended drought sharply reduces inflows and intensifies competition for basin water.

• Rainfed agricultureRelated: Drought is a hazard that can sharply reduce rainfed yields, not a farming system.

• Sahel droughtNarrower topic: Sahel drought is a regional instance of this broader climate hazard.

• Subtropical ridgeRelated: Persistent subsidence beneath an expanded ridge can reduce rainfall and worsen drought.

• Walker circulationRelated: Walker-circulation shifts change rainfall belts, contributing to drought in some tropical regions.

• Aridity indexCompared with: Aridity describes persistent climatic dryness, while drought is a departure from local norms.

• Chihuahuan DesertRelated: Drought can intensify water stress across the desert’s communities and ecosystems.

• RangelandRelated: Drought constrains forage supply and often forces changes in grazing plans.

• Tropical savanna climateRelated: A delayed or weak wet season can deepen dry-season water stress.

• AnticycloneRelated: Long-lived high-pressure patterns can suppress rainfall and worsen drought.