WORDS:

Deserts of America

alfalfa: lucerne -  dam: barrage - drought: dryness - forecast : predict - get used to: become accustomed to - heed: respect - inhospitality: quality of being unsuitable for human habitation - seems liable to : may perhaps - sage brush: a low bush that covers large arid areas of the American west - scarce: rare - sheer: total - stifle: stop - taming: domestication - vested interests: personal interests - wilderness: desert -