arid zone

British  

noun

1. either of the zones of latitude 15–30° N and S characterized by very low rainfall and desert or semidesert terrain

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Example Sentences

Only with considerable effort have some groups been able to penetrate this arid zone.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Not the least of the things I like about this ingeniously designed garden of arid zone flora are the rattlesnake warnings posted along its paths.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2015

Australia has an exceptional diversity of lizards in the arid zone, many ground orchids, and a total invertebrate fauna estimated at 200,000 species with more than 4,000 different species of ants alone.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Annual pulses of relatively intense fire dominate the extensive savannahs of northern Australia, with less frequent, massive fires in the arid zone occurring after above-average rainfall53.

From Nature • Nov. 4, 2014

Some of the plateaus are very dry; others rise above the arid zone and are well watered.

From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel