由于缺水，许多植物干枯了。

Due to the lack of water, many of the plants have withered.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 由于 yóuyú
  1. due to
  2. as a result of
  3. thanks to
  4. owing to
  5. since
  6. because
2 缺水 quēshuǐ
  1. water shortage
  2. dehydration
3 许多 xǔduō
  1. many
  2. a lot of
  3. much
4 植物 zhíwù
  1. plant
  2. vegetation

classifier: 種
5 干枯 gānkū withered; shriveled; dried-up
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào