使枯 meaning in Chinese

blast
scorch

The comprehensive control of soil and water loess makes the seasonal distribution of river flow more even by reducing more in flooding season and less in non - flooding season . the paper proposed a method to analyze the impact of the integrated control of soil and water loess on flood flow in a large - scale catchment
水土流失综合治理使汛期径流量减少程度大，非汛期减少程度小，从而使枯季径流量占年径流量的比例增加，汛期径流量的比例降低，径流量的季节分配趋于均匀。