While asking questions on Worldbuilding, I keep hearing about wet/dry seasons. Obviously, one has rain and the other doesn't, and I've gathered that they occur with regularity on an annual …

Dec 13, 2023 · However, during hot/dry seasons, evaporation and transpiration occurs continuously without any sign of rainfall. What causes the absence of rainfall during dry seasons?

Jan 18, 2019 · The region on Earth that display the smallest contrast between seasons is that in the vicinity of the Equator, because of the smaller changes in solar irradiation. Therefore, …

Feb 6, 2025 · According to the Koppen climate classification system, if a month of a tropical climate has less than 60 mm (2.4 inches) of rain then it counts as a dry month. Whereas, a …

However, the country also has a "dry season" from roughly December to March, and I haven't been able to find information on why that happens, given that the trade winds are supposed to …

Mar 10, 2017 · Why, after a long period of dry weather, are many rivers still flowing? I live near a river and it seems that it takes over a week of dry weather before there's any noticeable drop …

In many areas of South America, Africa, India and Southeast Asia, "slash-and-burn" agriculture is employed whereby every year the stubble from the previous year is burned along with other …

It would not make sense to calculate a monthly SPI from a 12-month mean divided by 12 (to give you a mean per month on an annual basis) In seasonal wet-dry climates you would have …

May 29, 2020 · Not far from me is Crazy Spring. It's at about 4,000 feet and the top of the mountain ridge is only a few hundred feet higher. Out of that spring comes a sizable stream of …

Jul 30, 2019 · You can't really solve your problem by recharging the groundwater because a river is just where groundwater comes above the surface. But you can build a system to store …