riverless
Lacking flowing water
Riverless describes land or terrain that lacks rivers: a riverless desert, the riverless expanse of the high plateau.
The word appears mainly in geographical or literary contexts to emphasize aridity or desolation.
Without any liquid
- unwateredNot given liquid
- undrainedNot having liquid removed
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- tributaryStream entering larger river
basin · aquifer · groundwater · catchment · drainage · hydrology · arid · landlocked
To leave behind completely
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- sunbakedDried by solar heat
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
dusty · cracked · evaporate · desiccation · drought · aridity · sere · wilt
Unable to produce
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
wasteland · wilderness · stark · remote · unpopulated · deserted · vacant · isolation
waterless
Without any liquid
tributary · basin · aquifer · groundwater · catchment · drainage · hydrology · arid · landlocked
desert
To leave behind completely
scorching · dusty · cracked · evaporate · desiccation · drought · aridity · sere · wilt · dry
barren
Unable to produce
uninhabited · wasteland · wilderness · stark · remote · unpopulated · deserted · vacant · isolation · solitude
plateau
Flat highland area
badlands · prairie · plain · highland · tableland · karst · bedrock · terrain · landscape · topography