In the dry landscape surrounding Lake Malawi, there are precious few options.

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Originally hailing from the coast city of Sydney, I was unused to the dry, tropical landscape of central Queensland.

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Yet that dry, hot landscape seems to be the place where thousands upon millions of people want to live.

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Twenty miles outside the small town of Taos, New Mexico, the dry, flat landscape is interrupted momentarily by a small brown-colored dome that appears amid the low, desert scrub.

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Bancroft first began designing and planting her dry garden's desert landscape in 1972.

WSJ: Ruth Bancroft, Growing a Piece of History

The river below the bridge has run dry, matching the hot, dusty landscape.

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When the Home Affairs Select Committee completes its inquiry it will find itself treading that narrow line between condemning and contextualizing the unrest, but it would be hard to imagine any such investigation not wanting to consider what policies will be most effective in ensuring England's social landscape does not have parts left tinder-dry and combustible.

BBC: England riots: The return of the underclass

Down the road from the park visitor center at Furnace Creek is Death Valley Elementary school, a flat-roofed building beside a dry streambed, which blends easily into the gray-brown landscape.

NPR: Students Blossom in the Desert

Shale gas already contributes to around 35% of U.S. dry gas production and is becoming a mainstay in the U.S. energy landscape.

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The landscape in the reserve is parched, the acacia scrub withered and the soil dry, thirsty for the coming rains.

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