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Aridity is the
condition of
geographical regions which make up
approximately 43% of
total global available land area,
characterized by low
annual precipitation...
- A semi-
arid climate, semi-desert climate, or
steppe climate is a dry
climate sub-type. It is
located on
regions that
receive precipitation below potential...
- regime,
aridic moisture regime, udic
moisture regime and
xeric moisture regime. The
ustic moisture regime is
intermediate between the
aridic regime and...
- The
desert climate or
arid climate (in the Köppen
climate classification BWh and BWk) is a dry
climate sub-type in
which there is a
severe excess of evaporation...
- life-promoting moisture".
Aridity is
different from
drought because aridity is
permanent whereas drought is temporary. A
number of
aridity indices have been proposed...
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global and 1.7% of U.S. ice-free land. Aridisols: Dry soil (i.e., must have
aridic moisture regime);
ochric epipedon is common;
Sometimes argillic or natric...
- USS
Arided (AK-73), a Crater-class
cargo ship, is the only ship of the US Navy to have this name. She was
named after Arided, the
other name of Deneb,...
- to harvest)
followed by a warm dry season. They are also ****ociated with
arid conditions,
areas prone to
drought and
those having scarce water resources...
- average)
resistant minerals Torripsamments:
other Psamments that have an
aridic (or torric)
moisture regime Ustipsamments:
other Psamments that have an...
- area of the
reserve consists of 123 km2 (47 sq mi) of
arid land. The
initiative known as
Arid Recovery was
established in 1997 by
Katherine Moseby and...
