Word Finder - arid

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Very dry.

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The cake was arid.

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Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.

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Deserts are known for being arid.

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Devoid of value.

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The millionaire viewed his gift as arid.

She glanced around at the arid camp, taking in the dusty tents and scraggly cacti..

Its waters are lost in the arid stony plateau of the Sorl.

This section is near the northern border of the arid Patagonian steppes.

Scorpions are numerous in the arid regions.

Fall gave way to winter, turning the air cold and arid.

Hence he must always be rigorously checked where other authorities exist arid used with caution where he is our sole informant.

The " dry " season, however, is a season of moderate rainfall, except on the north-east coast where arid conditions prevail.

Their arid country was the best safeguard of their cherished liberty; for the bottle-shaped cisterns for rain-water which they excavated in the rocky or argillaceous soil were carefully concealed from invaders.

The country is so arid that it supports only desert birds and mammals.

South of the Amazon valley and filling a great part of the eastern projection of the continent, is another arid, semi-barren plateau, lying within the southeast trade winds belt, and extending from Piauhy southward to southern Bahia.

The arid suburb is home to new developments and it is surrounded by beautiful dessert.

This phenomenon occurs among species found at high elevations, among others found in arid or desert regions, and in some cases in the female sex only, the male being winged and the female wingless.

In the arid southern region, also, there was no railway until 1885, when the Oregon Short Line was begun.

In arid climates, this increased drought resistance may compensate for higher operating costs.

Farther south, in Patagonia, the prevailing wind is westerly, in which case the Andes again " blanket " an extensive region and deprive it of rain, turning it into an arid desolate steppe.

But within this region there is a very great variation between the vegetation of the more humid and the more arid regions, while the characteristics of the flora on the higher mountain ranges differ wholly from those of the plains.

Apart from the arid wastes of the Karst, the soil is well adapted for the growing of cereals, especially Indian corn; olives, vines, mulberries, figs, pomegranates, melons, oranges, lemons, rice and tobacco flourish in Herzegovina and the more sheltered portions of Bosnia.

It is distinguished by its low rainfall and arid soil.

In the north and east they give place, as the Manych and the coasts of the Caspian are approached, to arid, sandy, stony steppes.

The coast is low and extremely arid, and would be uninhabitable were it not for the proximity of the Sierra Madre, where a light rainfall is experienced, and for the numerous rivers that cross the arid belt between the mountains and the sea.

Sea-fowl are most numerous on the coasts of Lower California, where certain islands in the arid belt are frequented at night by countless numbers of them.

This is due not only to its geographical position and its vertical climatic zones, which give it a range from tropical to arctic types, but also to its peculiar combination of humid and arid conditions in which we find an extensive barren table-land interposed between two tropical forested coastal zones.

The larger part of the population is to be found in the southern half of the republic, owing to the arid conditions prevailing in the north.

It is celebrated because of the difficulties overcome on the precipitous eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre, the beauties of the mountain scenery through which it passes, and the rapid transition from the hot, humid coastal plain to the cool, arid plateau, 7924 ft.

The western region, the Kalahari Desert, is mainly arid, with a sandy soil, and is covered in part by dense bush.

The most famous if not the first 1 is Phalaris of Acragas (Agrigentum), whose exact date is uncertain, whose letters are now cast aside, arid whose brazen bull has been called in question, but who clearly rose to power very soon after the foundation of Acragas.

They are the termination of a stony plateau, containing several small oases, which southward joins the more arid and uninhabitable wastes of the Libyan Desert.

The Sinai PeninsulaThe triangular-shaped Sinai peninsula has its base on the Mediterranean, the northern part being an arid plateau, the desert of Tih.

Flora.Egypt possesses neither forests nor woods arid, as practically the whole of the country which will support vegetation is devoted to agriculture, the flora is limited.

Poultry is plentiful arid eggs form a considerable item in the exports.

On the east bank are the limestone quarries of Turra arid Masara opposite Memphis.

The tombs of Mdflm under Snefru are built with immense blocks of limestone of 20 arid 33 tons weight.

In the troubles which overtook the Islamic empire with the accession of Othman, Egypt was greatly involved, arid it had to be reconquered from the adherents of Au for Moawiya (Moawiyah) by Amr, who in A.H.

It was formerly fastened with strings, but now with the ghundi (the old form of button) and tukmah or loop. In southern India, Gujarat and in the United Provinces the arid is much the same as to length and fit as the English shirt; as the traveller goes northward from Delhi to the Afghan border he sees the kurta becoming longer and looser till he finds the Pathan wearing it almost to his ankles, with very full wide sleeves.

In the zoology and botany of California as of the rest of the Pacific Coast, the distinctions between the upper austral and humid transition zones are largely obliterated; and as one passes southward into the arid lands, life forms of both these zones intermingle with those of the arid transition.

In the arid portions of this and the tropic areas the indigenous plants are creosote, mesquite and alfileria bushes, desert acacias, paloverdes, alkali-heath, salt grass, agaves, yuccas (especially the Spanish-bayonet and Joshua tree) and cactuses.

The most prominent features of this part of the state are the arid Snake river plains and three mountain-like elevations - Big, Middle and East Buttes - that rise from their midst.

Except for the broad valleys of the Panhandle, where the soils are black in colour and rich in vegetable mould, the surface of the state is arid; the Snake river valley is a vast lava bed, covered with deposits of salt and sand, or soils of volcanic origin.

Minerals developed slightly, or not at all, are granite, valued at $1500 in 1905; surface salt, in the arid and semiarid regions; nickel and cobalt, in Lemhi county; tungsten, near Murray, Shoshone county; monazite and zircon, in certain sands; and some pumice.

Below the mountainous region of the headstreams the Juba and its tributaries flow through a country generally arid away from the banks of the streams. The soil is sandy, covered either with thorn-scrub or rank grass, which in the rainy season affords herbage for the herds of cattle, sheep and camels owned by the Boran Gallas and the Somali who inhabit the district.

Arid or dry areas of the country typically have more alkaline soils, since rainfall helps lower soil pH by dissolving various minerals that turn the soil more acidic.

The climate is widely variable, encompassing both high rainfall and arid dessert, while soils are silty loam.

The awe-inspiring Mogollon Rim brings the Colorado Plateau to a halt with an impressive and precipitous drop-off which plunges two thousand feet downward, from forested highland to arid Sonoran desert.

Bionaire recommends this type of humidifier for people who live in dry and arid climates.

The area is known for its arid, desert-like climate, its dramatic rock formations, and its world-class sports fishing.

This heat is so arid and dry that it instantly causes the skin to respond, leaving behind parched, desperately dehydrated skin.

A large part of the country is too arid for agriculture, and even with irrigation the water supply is sufficient for only a small part of the dry area.

It is a native of the arid regions and is now cultivated with success.

An important product of the plateau and of the open districts of the tierras calientes, growing in the most arid places, is the " nopal " or prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus indica).

The pulque industry is located on the plateau surrounding the city of Mexico, the most productive district being the high, sandy, arid plain of Apam, in the state of Hidalgo, where the " maguey " (A gave americana) finds favourable conditions for its growth - a dry calcareous surface with moisture sufficiently near to be reached by its roots.