Plants, animals, fungi, slime moulds, protozoa, and algae are all eukaryotic. 1  These cells are about fifteen times wider than a typical prokaryote and can be as much as a thousand times greater in volume.
A drought is a period of below-average precipitation in a given region, resulting in prolonged shortages in its waters supply, whether atmospheric, surface or ground water.
II. Drought as a Natural Hazard Drought may be considered in general terms aconsequence of a reduction over an extended period oftime in the amount of precipitation that is received,usually over a season or more in length. It is atemporary aberration, unlike aridity, which is apermanent feature of the climate.