Here are three real photographs of droughts from around the world. Hover over a picture to make it jump, and check the Picture Sources box at the bottom to see exactly where each photo came from!
Cracked, thirsty earth during a drought. When soil loses its water, it shrinks and splits open into patterns like a giant jigsaw puzzle. See source ↓
A dried-up riverbed in East Africa. Droughts here can last for years, making it very hard for families to grow food or find water for their animals. See source ↓
This should be a lake! During California's drought, lakes shrank and left behind dry, cracked lakebeds like this one, photographed in 2009. See source ↓
📚 Picture Sources
- Photo 1 — Cracked earth during a drought. From Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drought.jpg
- Photo 2 — Cracked earth in East Africa (Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0). From Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cracked_earth_-_Flickr_-_Al_Jazeera_English.jpg
- Photo 3 — Dry lakebed during the California drought, 2009. From Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:California_Drought_Dry_Lakebed_2009.jpg
