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Who is affected by droughts?

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A long term drought would mean no water for plants (producers), so they would eventually start to die out. The consumers that eat the plants (herbivores or omnivores), would die if they had no other food source.

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Anybody who is in the drought is affected by the drought.

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The crops dry up from a lack of water and then there is a deficiency in crops. The farmers lose money too.

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