why is California always in a drought crisis, but landlocked states in the Midwest are not?

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why is California always in a drought crisis, but landlocked states in the Midwest are not?

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California is sandwiched between an ocean and the largest desert in North America. It gets inconsistent rainfall and experiences long stochastic droughts. The Midwest is surrounded by the largest consolidated freshwater lakes in the world and gets reasonably high consistent average rainfall.

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