Overall Green alert Drought for Chile - Argentina-2021
in Argentina, Chile

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 17 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1014958
Name: Chile - Argentina-2021
Countries: Argentina, Chile
Start Date: End of Oct 2020
Duration: 586 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44804 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Boca gana, River aplasta, y avanzan a cuartos de la Copa de la Liga ar.. 5/1/2022 5:34:00 AM.

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What is soil degradation and why is it so important? 4/19/2022 1:29:00 PM.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),