semiarid
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With global warming driving up temperatures in Nevada’s semiarid and desert zones, they add, residents will find themselves in a contest with data center owners for an already inadequate supply of power in the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
He said the military needed to reassert how its longstanding strategy can foster stability throughout the Sahel, the semiarid region south of the Sahara Desert.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
The city of 3 million sits in the semiarid plains of central India, where summer temperatures can reach nearly 49°C.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 27, 2023
The attribution group released a second analysis Wednesday, of the erratic and weak 2021 rainy season farther north in the Sahel, the semiarid region that borders the Sahara.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
From the Pueblo communities of the Southwest, travelers took roads eastward onto the semiarid plains along tributaries of the Pecos River.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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