(toprakta) kuraklık

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Definition of (toprakta) kuraklık in Turkish English dictionary

{i} aridity

A long term lack of rainfall or moisture

{n} dryness, drouth

Extreme dryness which encourages the preservation, and possible mummification of organic remains

A general term used to describe areas suffering from lack of rain or drought More specifically, a condition in which evaporation exceeds precipitation

The degree to which a climate lacks effective, life-promoting moisture; the opposite of humidity, in the climate sense of the term The overall concept of aridity versus humidity is coming to be known as precipitation effectiveness Two basic approaches have been made The first, used by W Kppen and modified by Bailey, does not openly define aridity, but rather assigns delimiting values of annual precipitation (treated with regard to distribution and temperature) to separate a dry climate from other types The second approach actually prescribes a measure of aridity or precipitation effectiveness and uses these values as a primary parameter of classification Of this type are Thornthwaite's precipitation- effectiveness index and moisture index, E de Martonne's index of aridity, W Gorczyski's aridity coefficient, Lang's moisture factor, and ngstrm's humidity coefficient

a condition yielding nothing of value

index The ratio of a region's potential annual evaporation, as determined by its receipt of solar radiation, to its average annual precipitation

{i} dryness; barrenness

The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness

Fig

Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought

a permanent absence of rainfall

Hyphenation

(top·rak·ta) ku·rak·lık