Across
- 6. the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture
- 7. a method of farming in semiarid areas without the aid of irrigation, using drought-resistant crops and conserving moisture
- 8. a largely flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from whichalluvial soil forms
- 10. a fertile spot in a desert where water is found
Down
- 1. illegally hunting or catching (game or fish) on land that is not one's own, or in contravention of official protection
- 2. to allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity)
- 3. an industrial installation where a substance is refined
- 4. a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock
- 5. the removal of salt or other chemicals from something, such as seawater or soil
- 8. a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater
- 9. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor