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1:Famine means a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death,while drought means a shortage of rainfall.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoFamine is when food becomes scarce and drought is when water becomes scarce
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What does the word famine and drought mean?
Famine is a time of "no food". Drought is a time of "no rain". Drought often brings on famine since lack of water will affect the production of food.
How does drought become famine?
famine becomes drought because after the drought people start to get hungry and starve themselves and sometimes they starve to death.
What is the difference between a drought warning and drought emergency?
Nothing
What is the biggest cause of somalias famine?
Severe drought was behind the famine in Somalia. Sadly, almost 260,000 people died between 2010 and 2012.
What is the link between drought and famine?
They both can kill you because you need them to survive they mostly are naturally found
What is a sentence example using the word Famine?
The protracted drought was followed by months of famine.
What is the difference between a drought and a wildfire?
Drought= lack of water Wildfire= massive fires
You want an analogy for Food is to famine as water is to?
food is to famine and water is to drought
What is the difference between hunger and famine?
Hunger is when you don't eat an famine is starvation on a large amount of people
What is the difference between a famine and a blight?
Blight refers to the disease that affects a crop and the resulting starvation and problems is a famine.
What is the logo of the charity of Drought and Famine in Africa?
bottle of water
What caused famine in Africa?
Drought was the main factor that contributed to the famine in Africa. Failed government policies were another factor that contributed to widespread famine.
