Topics: Ask an American-Drought and a new gold rush; vendor versus salesman versus pitcher; to clinch versus to breeze into versus to blow away; pronouncing bird versus beard versus bear

Words:
dried up
water level
underwater
gold
sluice box
trap
eddy
natural erosion
landscaping
wildfire
to hose
to be deposited
to chase after
vendor
salesman/salesperson
pitcher/pitchman
to clinch
to breeze into
to blow away