Overall Green Drought alert for Caspian Sea, Volga Basin and Caucasus-2020 in Kazakhstan, Russia from 21 May 2020 00:00 UTC to 07 Jul 2020 09:27 UTC

Event summary

No evidence of relevant impacts or not enough information available to date.

Name:	Caspian Sea, Volga Basin and Caucasus-2020
Countries:	Kazakhstan, Russia
Start Date:	End of May 2020
Duration:	265 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 143815 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.25	07 Jul 2020 09:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 76036 km2	GDO
2	0.25	26 Jul 2020 17:17	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 76036 km2	GDO
3	0.25	02 Aug 2020 08:37	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 51270 km2	GDO
4	0.25	10 Aug 2020 15:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 109341 km2	GDO
5	0.25	26 Aug 2020 14:57	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 109341 km2	GDO
6	0.25	05 Oct 2020 09:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 468246 km2	GDO
7	0.25	11 Oct 2020 12:47	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 565649 km2	GDO
8	0.75	15 Oct 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1008600 km2	GDO
9	0.75	20 Oct 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1009872 km2	GDO
10	0.75	30 Oct 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 917778 km2	GDO
11	0.75	10 Nov 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1350675 km2	GDO
12	0.75	20 Nov 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1371236 km2	GDO
13	0.75	30 Nov 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1199950 km2	GDO
14	0.75	10 Dec 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1311386 km2	GDO
15	0.75	20 Dec 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1311386 km2	GDO
16	0.75	30 Dec 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 888931 km2	GDO
17	0.75	10 Jan 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 914974 km2	GDO
18	0.75	20 Jan 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 937006 km2	GDO
19	0.75	30 Jan 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 208889 km2	GDO
20	0.75	10 Feb 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 143815 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Kazakhstan
Russia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Atyrauskaya	Kazakhstan
- High	Zapadno-kazachstanskaya	Kazakhstan
- Medium	Astrakhanskaya Oblast	Russia
- Medium	Kalmykiya Rep.	Russia

More information

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