U.S. Drought Monitor
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Provided by: National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This interactive map and summary provide up-to-date information about the state of droughts in the United States, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, and some Pacific Islands.
- There are links for additional information, students can click on various regions for more details, and all maps and data can be downloaded.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USDA, NOAA
Region: North America, United States, Oceania, Caribbean, Puerto Rico, U.S. Pacific Islands, U.S. Caribbean Islands
Languages: English
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Positives
- This resource is updated weekly and provides a summary of drought conditions in eight regions within the United States.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should know how to read a map.
Differentiation
- The map identifies the locations of major rivers and all state boundaries, so it could be useful for geography courses.
- Related topics to explore with students include the links between droughts and more intense wildfires, food and water security, wildlife populations, plant communities, and human migration patterns.
- Other resources about drought include this video about the drought in California, this article about droughts, and this article about climate migrants affected by drought.
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