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Okavango Delta, Botswana (CNN) -- Each year, the heart of Botswana turns from parched savannah into rich wetland, and the Okavango Delta springs to life.
奥卡万戈三角洲，博茨瓦纳（CNN）——每年，博茨瓦纳的中心都会由干透的大草原变成富饶的湿地，奥卡万戈三角洲开始孕育生命。
It was a clear day, and from his front window we could see acrossthe parched, brown valley all the way to the thin line of gray-greenvegetation marking the path of the Jordan River.
这是一个晴朗的日子，从他家前面的窗户，我们能够看到干透的褐色山谷，一直延伸到标志着约旦河路径的由灰绿色植被组成的细线。
FOR Americans from the parched western states, the notion of Alabama, Georgia and Florida battling over water must seem as daft as three fat people fighting for a grape at a lavish banquet.
阿拉巴马、佐治亚与佛罗里达三个州地处西部、气候炎热，对于此地的美国人而言，为水资源而战的想法，就好比三个胖子在一场盛宴上争夺一串葡萄那般，愚不可及。

Parts of Australia have seen below-average rainfall for several years and the outlook for many parched communities is not good.

The project will also capture steam for use as water in the parched country.
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Most of Ethiopia's 7m pastoralists are Muslim and the parched lands they roam are particularly combustible.
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(VERY DRY) (especially of earth or crops) dried out because of too much heat and not enough rain
(VERY THIRSTY) extremely thirsty

If something, especially the ground or a plant, is parched, it is very dry, because there has been no rain.
If your mouth, throat, or lips are parched, they are unpleasantly dry.
If you say that you are parched, you mean that you are very thirsty.