Droughts Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• famine : a long period when people living in a particular area do not have enough food, and many of them suffer and die
• reservoir : an artificial lake where water is stored before it goes to people's houses
• shortage : a situation in which there is not enough of something
• precipitation : the process in which atmospheric moisture condenses and falls to the earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
• restriction : an official limit on something
• agriculture : an industry that is influenced by a drought
• livestock : animals and birds that are kept on a farm, such as cows, sheep, or chickens
• aquifer : a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater
• arid : very dry and without enough rain for plants
• irrigation : the practice of supplying land with water so that crops and plants will grow
• conservation : the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of human activity
• supply : to provide something that is wanted or needed, often in large quantities and over a long period of time
• barren : not fruitful; not producing
• fertile : able to produce good crops
• replenish : to fill something up again