Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 53 parched 48 arid 44 Thar desert 44 Great Dividing Range 44 fertile plains 44 Murrumbidgee River 43 agricultural heartland 43 dusty plains 43 sparsely inhabited 42 drought stricken 42 arid regions 42 arid lands 41 tinder dry brush 40 Murray Darling 40 Omo River 40 craggy mountains 40 barren desert 40 semi arid 40 Parched 39 Brahmaputra River 39 irrigated agriculture 39 lush farmland 39 Huge swaths 39 Murray Darling Basin 39 agriculturally rich 39 irrigation 39 river deltas 38 sparsely populated 38 semi arid regions 38 Sprawling 38 Xijiang River 38 semiarid 38 dry riverbeds 38 Ogallala Aquifer 38 Large swathes 38 astronomically expensive 38 Godavari river 38 Potable water 38 Gobi desert 37 drought parched 37 Indus river 37 arid desert 37 deserts 37 monsoon floods 37 Devastating floods 37 Severe drought 37 river basin 37 freeway interchanges 37 hinterland 37 fertile farmland 37 irrigated farmland 37 Rs.1 ,# crore 37 Sonoran desert 37 wadis 37 dustbowl 37 Great Rift Valley 37 bisects 37 Menindee Lakes 37 vast expanse 36 Naches River 36 Sahara desert 36 croplands 36 lowlands 36 farmlands 36 escarpments 36 flatlands 36 fertile soils 36 Empty Quarter 36 Mau forest 36 desert 36 Monsoon rains 36 waterway 36 fertile valleys 36 desolated 36 Desertification 36 Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal 36 drylands 36 rapidly urbanizing 36 driest continent 36 water 36 vast expanses 36 groundwater basins 35 gigalitres 35 sprawls across 35 rivers 35 prolonged drought 35 Susitna River 35 inhospitable terrain 35 barren hills 35 north 35 Melting glaciers 35 south 35 frequent droughts 35 waterholes 35 irrigate 35 Namib Desert 35 stretches 35 ambitious 34 canals 34 sits astride 34 Gobi Desert