Drought

Name ShengyingGao Class L

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Drought

The following information must be included in the project in a written form.

Definition: What is it? Define the type of disaster in 1-3 Sentences.  

• Drought is an area with no rain and no water

Sources:  "World Wide Daily Drought Risk Map." World Wide Daily Drought Risk Map. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Dec. 2012.”



Causes: What are the main causes of this type of disaster?

• The main cause of the drought is this area have long time with low rainfall so the area  become dry.

Sources:  "Press Releases August 2011 - UNEP." Press Releases August 2011 - UNEP. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Dec. 2012.



Effects: What are the effects of this type of disaster? (Required Effects: economic, environmental and social)



Environmental:

• The land with not water and can not grow up anything, over time the land will become desert.

• People and animal will move to other land that with water, Because no food no water.

Economic:

• The farmer can not crop, because the land is too dry and not water and rain to irrigation, so the farmer can not make money.

• The food is not enough so the food become expensive.

Social:

• People have no food no water they will move to other land.

• The food will become expensive. and some people will die by hungry.

Sources:   "Drought." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Dec. 2012. Web. 19 Dec. 2012.



General Location(s): Where can this type of disaster happen in the world? Why?

• The South Africa has drought happens most. Because the South Africa  had long time with low rainfall.

Sources: "Drought." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 28 Dec. 2012. Web. 03 Jan. 2013.


Prevention: List 3 ways you can prevent/prepare for  this type of disaster.

1. collect the rainwater

2. stop cut the trees

3. make the dams to save water