Término usado principalmente en las regiones tropicales para el período recurrente anual de grandes lluvias, que es precedido y seguido de períodos secos. En las latitudes correspondientes, esta estación provoca con frecuencia desastres por inundación. (Traducción libre del original: Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Descriptor Portuguese:
Estação Chuvosa
Descriptor French:
Saison des Pluies
Tree number(s):
SP8.190.450.225
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)
