Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by relatively low annual rainfall of 25 to 50 centimeters (10 to 20 inches) and having scrubby vegetation with short, coarse grasses; not completely arid.
from The Century Dictionary.
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- adjective Somewhat
arid , receiving little rainfall but more than anarid area would. Typically defined as 25 to 50 cm or 10 to 20 inches of rainfall annually.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective somewhat arid
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Examples
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The Chacoan peccary is specialised for life in semiarid forests and steppes.
Meet peccary # 4 Darren Naish 2006
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The transition regions between deserts and grasslands are sometimes called semiarid deserts (e.g. the Great Basin of the western United States).
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The Chacoan peccary is specialised for life in semiarid forests and steppes.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The region was described as semiarid; the nearest weather station, Lehman Caves National Monument, about 4 miles east and 3000 ft lower, had a mean annual rainfall of 12.8 20 years to 1964.
Cutting Down the Oldest Living Tree in the World « Climate Audit 2006
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Colorado Springs is classified as semiarid, or half-desert, because it normally get 16 ...
Gazette.com : 2009
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Drought declarations may attract headlines, but they are meaningless in semiarid regions where dry years are endemic and drought cycles are a way of life.
Brian Fagan: Delusion! Delusion! What Drought Is Over? Brian Fagan 2011
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Drought declarations may attract headlines, but they are meaningless in semiarid regions where dry years are endemic and drought cycles are a way of life.
Brian Fagan: Delusion! Delusion! What Drought Is Over? Brian Fagan 2011
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Drought declarations may attract headlines, but they are meaningless in semiarid regions where dry years are endemic and drought cycles are a way of life.
Brian Fagan: Delusion! Delusion! What Drought Is Over? Brian Fagan 2011
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"You can't grow plants native to the semiarid Middle East in Florida."
Gardens of Eden Sprout in Synagogue and Church Yards, but They Aren't Very Fruitful Lucette Lagnado 2012
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Drought declarations may attract headlines, but they are meaningless in semiarid regions where dry years are endemic and drought cycles are a way of life.
Brian Fagan: Delusion! Delusion! What Drought Is Over? Brian Fagan 2011
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