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The Droughts in Romania. Case Study-Oltenia. In the present paper we analyse the evolution of droughts in Romania, at the end of the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century. The analysis of an important number of documentary archive materials made obvious a growth in the area of Romania where phenomena of drought and dryness are encountered, a rise in the frequency and intensity of these phenomena, as well as an increasing aridization of the climate. An important feature of droughts in our country, beginning with the year 2000, was their association with intense heat waves, during which the maximum values of temperature exceeded greatly the climatic limits that were common for the 20th century. As a consequence of these evolutions, the losses in agriculture and the environmental damages were constantly growing and played an crucial role in the increase in the price of food, living expenses and the aggravating of social problems, in general.

Keywords: drought, canicular days, phenomena of meteo-climatic risk, the aridization of the climate, the spatial extension of droughts, lack of precipitations.