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classification Aridity Index Global land area
Hyperarid AI < 0.05 7.5% Arid 0.05 < AI < 0.20 12.1% Semi-arid 0.20 < AI < 0.50 17.7% Dry
subhumid 0.50...
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times that
amount on some
major peninsulas.
Based on
precipitation alone,
hyperarid deserts receive less than 25 mm (1 in) of
rainfall a year; they have no...
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Desert of
Chile and Peru, and
other locales. However, in 2014, a new
hyperarid site was reported, María
Elena South,
which was much
drier than Yun****...
- than half of
which is
hyperarid (having
rainfall of less than 50 mm (2.0 in) per year)—the
Arabian Desert has only a few
hyperarid areas.
These rare driest...
- have
served as an
environmental refuge for
early humans during periodic hyperarid climate oscillations. The
modern marine Gulf was
formed when sea level...
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terrestrial runoff. The
early Aptian was also
notable for its
millennial scale hyperarid events in the mid-latitudes of Asia. The BAWI
itself was
followed by the...
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Qaidam The Qaidam, Tsaidam, or
Chaidamu Basin is a
hyperarid basin that
occupies a
large part of
Haixi Prefecture in
Qinghai Province, China. The basin...
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Caribbean Venezuela to cold, windy, and wet Cape Horn p****ing
through the
hyperarid Atacama Desert.
Rainforests and
tropical dry
forests used to[when?] encircle...
- Environments.
Deserts of the World:
Namib Desert: 50
years of
research in a
hyperarid desert. 93: 40–58. Bibcode:2013JArEn..93...40S. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv...
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volcano in the
Tibesti range of
northern Chad. The
central Sahara is
hyperarid, with sp**** vegetation. The
northern and
southern reaches of the desert...
