I know it evaporates but shouldn’t it it form clouds the will eventually rain back down?
In: Planetary Science
The warmer the air the more water it can hold so some of it is in the air.
But the real anwser is water that evaporates in one place usually doesnt rain down in the same place. So yes it forms clouds and rains down that doesnt mean it will rain in the area where the drought is.
Often droughts in once place even means flooding in another area.
A further problem is that even when it rains in the drought area when the ground is dry it has a much harder time to take in water meaning a lot of the water doesnt get into the ground to help the plants but just leads to more water going down rivers.
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