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.
1 A lack of precipitation is the most common definition of drought and is usually the type of drought referred to in news reports and the media. 2  Most locations around the world have their own meteorological definition of drought based on the climate normals in the area. Meteorological Drought. 2  A lack of precipitation is the most common definition of drought and is usually the type of drought referred to in news reports and the media. 3  Most locations around the world have their own meteorological definition of drought based on the climate normals in the area.