The recurrence of drought as conveyed through the return period is expressed as

A) (number of years of record) / (rank for a specific precipitation event).
B) (rank for a specific precipitation event) / (number of years of record).
C) (magnitude of a specific rainfall event) / (duration of the rain event).
D) (duration of the rain event) / (magnitude of a specific rainfall event).


A) (number of years of record) / (rank for a specific precipitation event).

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