Middle East Vocabulary

land that can be used or is suitable for growing crops

• arid

• arable

• desertification

• irrigation

land that has little or no rain; too dry to grow crops

• arid

• arable

• desertification

• irrigation

process of removing salt from seawater for drinking water or irrigation of crops

• desertification

• embargo

• scarcity

• desalination

process in which a desert spreads

• desalination

• irrigation

• desertification

• arid

ban on trade

• scarcity

• impoverished

• irrigation

• embargo

exhausted of richness or fertility; to use up the strength or richness of

• impoverished

• irrigation

• desalination

• arid

to supply something with water by using artificial means (such as pipes)

• desertification

• desalination

• irrigation

• scarcity

resources that cannot be easily replaced

• renewable resource

• non renewable resource

• scarcity

• impoverished

resources that can be easily replaced

• renewable resource

• non renewable resource

• impoverished

• scarcity

a very small supply

• irrigation

• scarcity

• arable

• embargo