Extended period when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply

Saint Gangulphus. Coloured lithograph by J. Kravogl.

Single grain of sand, SEM

A naked man walks through a rocky landscape with a scythe; representing summer. Etching by J. Coelemans, 1703, after L. Cardi da Cigoli.

Diatoms hidden inside a grain of sand, SEM

Meningitis and malaria.

Climates of hunger : mankind and the world's changing weather / Reid A. Bryson and Thomas J. Murray.

Rain : a natural and cultural history / Cynthia Barnett.

1 videocassette (03:45 min.) (Betacam) : sound, colour<br/>1 videocassette (03:45 min.) (DIGIBETA) : sound, colour<br/>1 DVD (03:45 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm

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Meningitis and malaria.

Single grain of sand, SEM

Climates of hunger : mankind and the world's changing weather / Reid A. Bryson and Thomas J. Murray.

Rain : a natural and cultural history / Cynthia Barnett.

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