megadrought

English

Etymology

mega- +‎ drought

Noun

megadrought (plural megadroughts)

  1. (climatology) A drought lasting for decades or centuries.
    • 2000, Joan Whitmore, Drought Management on Farmland‎, →ISBN, page 8:
      The most severe droughts also tend to be the most widespread and prolonged, but fortunately these megadroughts are far less frequent than the lesser droughts which are vastly in the majority […]

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