| Descriptor English: | Rainy Season |
| Descriptor Spanish: | Estación Lluviosa |
| Descriptor Portuguese: | Estação Chuvosa |
| Descriptor French: | Saison des Pluies |
| Entry term(s): |
Green Season Wet Season |
| Tree number(s): |
SP8.473.654.587.502 |
| Scope note: | Term used mainly in tropical regions for the annually recurring period of high rainfall which is preceded and followed by dry periods. In the latitudes concerned, this season is often the cause of flood disaters. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990) |
| Related: |
Tropical Climate
MeSH |
| DeCS ID: | 35096 |
| Unique ID: | DDCS035096 |
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
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Rainy Season
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| Concept UI |
FD00060953 |
| Scope note | Term used mainly in tropical regions for the annually recurring period of high rainfall which is preceded and followed by dry periods. In the latitudes concerned, this season is often the cause of flood disaters. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990) |
| Preferred term | Rainy Season |
| Entry term(s) |
Green Season Wet Season |
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