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Definition of green drought in English: green droughtnoun Australian A period of limited rainfall causing new but insubstantial plant growth. the scheme helps rural Australians cope with the effects of the green drought Example sentencesExamples - The cracks are still widening and there is no run-off into the dams, so we are in green drought.
- A green drought, where there is just enough rain to make the countryside look lush, but not enough to relieve dry conditions, is plaguing large tracts of Queensland.
- Dams are effective in green droughts as water is captured from rainfall where runoff is insufficient to flow into dam storages.
- Australia is having its first green drought.
- Beware of the green drought in which your pasture may appear green, but there is insufficient grass.
- The rains didn't come at the right times, and now we are experiencing what is called a green drought.
- We have these green droughts, where it will continue to rain, but the amount of rain will be much less than usual.
- The risk now is what we call a green drought, where you get the appearance of green but there's no substance to the pasture.
- In periods of green drought, the government provides water to the population.
- Sporadic bursts of rain in recent weeks had given rise to a green drought.
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