Term for regions characterized by a severe lack of available water
"Arid" redirects here. For an arid climate, see Desert climate. For the Belgian rock band, see Arid (band).
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Arid regions of the Western United States as mapped in 1893
Aridity is the condition of a region that severely lacks available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Regions with arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic. Most arid climates are located in the subtropics; these regions include parts of Africa, Asia, South America, North America, and Australia.
thereby increase aridity. Look up aridity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Arid region safety. Arid Forest Research...
life-promoting moisture". Aridity is different from drought because aridity is permanent whereas drought is temporary. A number of aridity indices have been proposed...
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...
the strong Pacific anticyclone contribute to the extreme aridity of the desert. The most arid region of the Atacama Desert is situated between two mountain...
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,...
the other hand insist that the concept of aridity should also include conditions of aridity and semi-aridity. Furthermore, they consider that a huge part...
adaptive radiation for Australopithecus and saw grass savanna and other more arid environments expanding at this time, thus providing increased opportunity...
Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi (PMAS-Arid University) is in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. It is named after Pir Meher Ali Shah...
The Journal of Arid Environments is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. The journal was established in 1978 and was first...
on the Atlantic coast of Patagonia. The Arid Diagonal has existed since the Neogene. The origin of the aridity of northern part of the diagonal is linked...
Yoram Aridor (Hebrew: יורם ארידור, born 24 October 1933) is an Israeli former politician, who served as a member of the Knesset from 1969 until 1988, as...
place"), a participle of dēserere, "to abandon". The correlation between aridity and sparse population is complex and dynamic, varying by culture, era,...
Arid Forest Research Institute (ICFRE-AFRI) is a research institute situated in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. The institute conducts scientific research in...
The Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI) is one of the biggest research institutes of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), an autonomous...
and high temperatures can also increase the level of aridity. Wind greatly contributes to aridity in tropical deserts. If wind speed exceeds 80 km/h, it...
In molecular biology, the ARID domain (AT-rich interaction domain; also known as BRIGHT (B-cell Regulator of Ig Heavy chain Transcription) domain)) is...
The arid thicket rat (Grammomys aridulus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Sudan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or...
highlands featuring alpine and subpolar oceanic climates. The interior is arid to semi-arid. Driven by climate change, average temperatures have risen more than...
Late Pleistocene and were likely characterised by comparable cycles of aridity and humidity. The equatorial Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature gradient...
to harvest) followed by a warm dry season. They are also associated with arid conditions, areas prone to drought and those having scarce water resources...
Peperomia blanda, the arid-land peperomia, is a species of herb in the family Piperaceae. The species has a natural pan-tropical distribution that encompasses...
western and rift valley counties and further on to dry less fertile arid and semi-arid areas and absolute deserts (Chalbi Desert and Nyiri Desert). Kenya's...
the humidity and aridity indexes, respectively. The Seasonal Variation of Effective Moisture is described by two indexes: The Aridity Index (Ia), used...
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