Though little rain falls in deserts, deserts receive runoff from ephemeral, or short-lived, streams fed by rain and snow from adjacent highlands.
(little rain; falls; L:in deserts) (deserts; receive; runoff; from ephemeral, or short-lived) (streams; fed; by rain and snow from adjacent highlands)
little rain deserts streams
falls receive fed
L:in deserts
runoff from ephemeral, or short-lived
by rain and snow from adjacent highlands