Overall Green alert Drought for Caspian Sea, Volga Basin and Caucasus-2020
in Kazakhstan, Russia

Event summary

No evidence of relevant impacts or not enough information available to date.

Name: Caspian Sea, Volga Basin and Caucasus-2020
Countries: Kazakhstan, Russia
Start Date: End of May 2020
Duration: 265 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 143815 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateDescription impactSource
1 0.25 07 Jul 2020 09:27 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 76036 km2 GDO
2 0.25 26 Jul 2020 17:17 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 76036 km2 GDO
3 0.25 02 Aug 2020 08:37 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 51270 km2 GDO
4 0.25 10 Aug 2020 15:27 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 109341 km2 GDO
5 0.25 26 Aug 2020 14:57 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 109341 km2 GDO
6 0.25 05 Oct 2020 09:27 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 468246 km2 GDO
7 0.25 11 Oct 2020 12:47 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 565649 km2 GDO
8 0.75 15 Oct 2020 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1008600 km2 GDO
9 0.75 20 Oct 2020 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1009872 km2 GDO
10 0.75 30 Oct 2020 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 917778 km2 GDO
11 0.75 10 Nov 2020 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1350675 km2 GDO
12 0.75 20 Nov 2020 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1371236 km2 GDO
13 0.75 30 Nov 2020 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1199950 km2 GDO
14 0.75 10 Dec 2020 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1311386 km2 GDO
15 0.75 20 Dec 2020 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1311386 km2 GDO
16 0.75 30 Dec 2020 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 888931 km2 GDO
17 0.75 10 Jan 2021 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 914974 km2 GDO
18 0.75 20 Jan 2021 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 937006 km2 GDO
19 0.75 30 Jan 2021 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 208889 km2 GDO
20 0.75 10 Feb 2021 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 143815 km2 GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Russia
Ukraine


Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri Name Country
- Medium Georgia Georgia
- Low Atyrauskaya Kazakhstan
- Low Zapadno-kazachstanskaya Kazakhstan
- Medium Adygeya Rep. Russia
- Low Astrakhanskaya Oblast Russia
- High Chechnya Rep. Russia
- Medium Dagestan Rep. Russia
- High Ingushetiya Rep. Russia
- Low Ivanovskaya Oblast Russia
- High Kabardino-balkariya Rep. Russia
- Medium Kalmykiya Rep. Russia
- Medium Karatchayevo-cherkesiya Rep. Russia
- Medium Krasnodarskiy Kray Russia
- Low Mordoviya Rep. Russia
- Low Moskva and Moskovskaya Oblast Russia
- Medium Name Unknown Russia
- Low Nizhegorodskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Penzenskaya Oblast Russia
- Medium Rostovskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Ryazanskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Samarskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Saratovskaya Oblast Russia
- High Severnaya Osetiya-alaniya Rep. Russia
- High Stavropolskiy Kray Russia
- Low Tambovskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Ulyanovskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Vladimirskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Volgogradskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Voronezhskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Yaroslavskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Dnipropetrovs'ka Ukraine
- Low Donets'ka Ukraine
- Low Khersons'ka Ukraine
- Low Kirovohrads'ka Ukraine
- Low Luhans'ka Ukraine
- Low Mykolayivs'ka Ukraine
- Low Poltavs'ka Ukraine
- Low Zaporiz'ka Ukraine
- Low Bashkortostan Rep. Russia
- Low Kirovskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Komi-permyatskiy Okrug Russia
- Low Kostromskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Mariy-el Rep. Russia
- Low Orenburgskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Permskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Tatarstan Rep. Russia
- Low Udmurtiya Rep. Russia

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