can you name some of the places that have been struck by drought and famine ?
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Africa\n\nChina\n\nIndia\n\nNorth Korea\n\nVietnam\n\nItaly\n\nEngland\n\nIceland\n\nRussia.\n\nIf need details about the famine in these places click here:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine\n\nGood Luck.
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Personally I am only mildly affected by the drought so far. I live in Melbourne, which has been dry for the last 7 years, but has received some rainfall over that time. Our water storages are low, and there are restrictions on the use of water in gardens, but overall the impacts are minor.\n\nThe "worst in 1000 years" refers to the Murray-Darling basin, and is based on scientists doing a statistical analysis rather than direct measurements. The water levels there are very low. So far most people still have water available for domestic use, but there is little or no water available for agricultural purposes. This is significant, as a there is a lot of irrigation carried out using water from the Murray-Darling and its tributaries. There was a national summit on Tuesday to try to figure out how the water that is available should be shared out.\n\nThe concern that many people have is that the current drought may be an impact of climate change and become more or less normal in the future. It is impossible to know when the rain will arrive, so it is very difficult to sensibly estimate how quickly we can afford to use up the water that is stored now.
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Malawi\nSouth Africa\nZimbabwe\nKenya
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Extreme poverty, no antibiotics, lots of violence, the feudal system, no democracy, much shorter life span, poorer and less food, no glasses for poor vision, people died from toothache, poor clothing especially in bad weather, living in fear, extreme superstition, violent punishments for petty crime, workhouses for children, many women died in childbirth, no birth control, etc.  I hope this helps.
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Ecological Disasters:\n Aral Sea \n Doñana National Park\n Kenya's flower production\n Lake Balkhash faces 'bleak future'\n\nNot sure if I would include ecological recovery effort or not (or are they both). There are many,\n\nreforesting, Chesapeake Bay clean up, save species from extintion buffulo(?)
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It's everywhere!  I suffered really bad in Yellowstone and Ireland.  Not as bad in Southern California but it's still here!
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The famine was during Joseph Stalin's "rule" and it was due to loss of most of the agricultural area. Death toll was estimated at 6 million people.
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lol - looks like u are suffering from a lot of droughts !!!
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Yeah, I've also seen all these natural disasters. Even in my country, last year there were about 10 or more floods, and this year one or more. Cause? Global polution, tree cutting.\nSomebody save the earth! plz!
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There are several different places you can look. I am sorry I cannot remember all of them right now, but I did give you one source. Good Luck.
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warm arid and tropical regions
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Here is a map wher you can see that:\nhttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Eu.nsf/luFullMap/C202418DA05952D1852572050073276A/$File/uncs_DEP_scg310806.pdf?OpenElement
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In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, agricultural growth in the region was slow compared to the rates achieved in the past thirty years. Agricultural development in the recent past has been characterized by an extraordinary diversity both within and between countries. Many largely traditional farming systems that were sustainable with a low density of population are becoming increasingly strained by, and vulnerable to, the pressure of rising population. Spectacular environmental damage exemplifies the consequences of this pressure as land-hungry cultivators push into the tropical forests and up the hillsides. A growing prosperity among some groups contrasts with the deepening poverty among others less fortunate.
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Geography homework huh.\n\nBroadly.\n\n1) Improper removal of stubble or fallow cover leading to  erosion.\n\n2) Insufficient fallow time leading to decline in soil fertility.\n\n3) Over removal of tree cover leading to water table elevation and/or salinity.\n\n4) Over production of single crop types crops leading to nutrient depletion.\n\n5) Over-irrigation leading to turbidity and and slainity in irriagtion water sources.\n\n6) Failure to control tree growth within catchment leading to excess infiltration and loss of runoof. Irrigation water fails.\n\n7) Excess tillage of fragile soils leading to erosion.\n\n8) Tillage of soils in anticipation of  planting conditions that fail to transpire. Ground remains loose and without plant cover for extended periods and erodes.\n\n9) Overgrazing leading to desertification which encroaches on arable land.\n\nThat probably covers most of the practices that have caused land loss in the poast 6000 years.
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Katrina wiped out a few.\nThey're regrouping.
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You can do a project on the natural calamities happening in a particular place, the cause of the calamities and actions to be taken for that. It would be fun and you'll learn a lot.
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Italy and Scotland.\nThese are two places that are very high on my list, i find them very interesting.