A period of limited rainfall causing new but insubstantial plant growth.
the scheme helps rural Australians cope with the effects of the green drought
Example sentencesExamples
The cracks are still widening and there is no run-off into the dams, so we are in green drought.
A green drought, where there is just enough rain to make the countryside look lush, but not enough to relieve dry conditions, is plaguing large tracts of Queensland.
Dams are effective in green droughts as water is captured from rainfall where runoff is insufficient to flow into dam storages.
Australia is having its first green drought.
Beware of the green drought in which your pasture may appear green, but there is insufficient grass.
The rains didn't come at the right times, and now we are experiencing what is called a green drought.
We have these green droughts, where it will continue to rain, but the amount of rain will be much less than usual.
The risk now is what we call a green drought, where you get the appearance of green but there's no substance to the pasture.
In periods of green drought, the government provides water to the population.
Sporadic bursts of rain in recent weeks had given rise to a green drought.