parched land
Bone-dry ground
Land that has become extremely dry from lack of rain or intense heat.
The phrase evokes cracked earth, withered vegetation, and drought conditions: Farmers watched their crops fail on the parched land.
Parched emphasizes not just dryness but a desperate thirst—land that seems to cry out for water.
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- water scarcityInsufficient freshwater for demand
- bone dryTotally devoid of moisture
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- cracked earthDried ground with fissures
arid · desert · dusty · barren · scorched · scorched earth · thirsty · dry · sun-baked · withered · famine · desolate · wasteland · brown · brittle · hardpan · clay · salt flats
- desert climatearid, aridity, dry heat, extreme heat, scorching heat
- Droughtwater shortage, dry spell, dry spells, no rain, low rainfall
- drynessarid, aridity, dry, dehydrated, bone dry
- barren landswasteland, wastelands, badlands, drylands, scrubland
- desertsSahara, Gobi, Mojave, Namib, Kalahari
- drylands
parched landswampland
Saturated, marshy terrain
marshland · floodplain · delta · wetlands · wetland
parched landfertile land
Soil suited for cultivation
lush farmland · arable land · oasis · garden · orchard
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