Chaliyar is one of the rivers which doesn't get dried up in the drought season.
In any drought season, the local people would take the Buddha image in a procession to beg for rain.
Normally the streams of the park are dry during the drought season.
During drought seasons many elephants damage agricultural land for food.
During drought seasons, some treetops die back, but the trees do not die outright.
Inside the restaurant, margarita drinkers discuss the dread topic of this drought season: "How far down is the lake?"
A team of large draft horse would later be on board some steamboats and jumped for hookup during the drought season.
They are not as resistant and perish from a lack of water during the drought season.
Earlier rain was the only source of water for this lake and during drought season the lake gets dried up completely.
Climate change from global warming affects the Northwest with recurring drought seasons.