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flash drought

flash drought noun: a sudden, rapid drought.

Noun

flash drought (plural flash droughts)

  1. A sudden, rapid drought.
    • Flash drought, characterized by unusually rapid drying, can have substantial impact on many socioeconomic sectors, particularly agriculture. However, potential changes to flash drought risk in a warming climate remain unknown.2023 May 25, Jordan I. Christian, Elinor R. Martin, Jeffrey B. Basara, Jason C. Furtado, Jason A. Otkin, “Global projections of flash drought show increased risk in a warming climate”, in...

Forms of flash drought

pluralflash droughts

Questions about flash drought

What does flash drought mean?
Flash drought means a sudden, rapid drought.
What part of speech is flash drought?
Flash drought is a noun.
What is the plural of flash drought?
The plural of flash drought is flash droughts.

Words near flash drought in the dictionary

  1. flash cuts
  2. flash disk
  3. flash disks
  4. flash drive
  5. flash drives
  6. flash drought
  7. flash droughts
  8. flash fiction
  9. flash fictions
  10. flash flood
  11. flash flooding

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