arid zone
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
The locality indicated is in the arid zone and is extremely hot and dry.
From Arizona Sketches by Munk, J. A. (Joseph Amasa)
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