Overall Green Drought alert for Western Himalaya-2020 in China, India, Nepal from 21 Jul 2020 00:00 UTC to 30 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC

Event summary

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

Name:	Western Himalaya-2020
Countries:	China, India, Nepal
Start Date:	End of Jul 2020
Duration:	283 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 107666 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.75	20 Oct 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 262292 km2	GDO
2	0.75	30 Oct 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 199008 km2	GDO
3	0.75	10 Nov 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 306261 km2	GDO
4	0.75	20 Nov 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 328061 km2	GDO
5	0.75	30 Nov 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 254906 km2	GDO
6	0.75	10 Dec 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 328417 km2	GDO
7	0.75	20 Dec 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 338838 km2	GDO
8	0.75	30 Dec 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 63390 km2	GDO
9	0.5	30 Mar 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 128733 km2	GDO
10	0.5	10 Apr 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 170947 km2	GDO
11	0.5	20 Apr 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 170947 km2	GDO
12	0.5	30 Apr 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 107666 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
China
India
Nepal
Pakistan

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Aksai Chin	China
- Medium	Nepal	Nepal
- Medium	Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu	China
- Medium	Xizang Zizhiqu	China
- Medium	Himachal Pradesh	India
- Medium	Jammu and Kashmir	India
- Medium	Uttar Pradesh	India
- Medium	Uttarakhand	India

More information

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