Where does the water go when there is a drought?

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Where does the water go when there is a drought?

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Answer 1

Someplace else. Water is conserved, so the cycle that moves it from the ocean to clouds to land keeps going. The place in a drought is just getting less rain and/or more evaporation. Other places are getting floods more often.

Answer 2

Someplace else. Water is conserved, so the cycle that moves it from the ocean to clouds to land keeps going. The place in a drought is just getting less rain and/or more evaporation. Other places are getting floods more often.