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Definition of Semideserts
1. semidesert [n] - See also: semidesert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semideserts
Literary usage of Semideserts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"Only recently has this massive ice been recognized in many of these high latitude
regions.8 Slopes and Uplands (Polar semideserts) These sites with a 20 to ..."
2. Manual of Mineralogy: Including Observations on Mines, Rocks, Reduction of by James Dwight Dana (1877)
"The dry regions of these mountains and of the semideserts of California abound
in salt licks and lakes. There is a small spring on the Bay of San Francisco. ..."
3. Manual of Mineralogy: Including Observations on Mines, Rocks, Reduction of by James Dwight Dana (1869)
"The dry regions of these mountains and of the semideserts of California abound
in salt licks and lakes. There is a small spring on the Bay of San Francisco. ..."
4. Hope for South Africa? by Lewis H. Gann, Peter Duignan (1991)
"Deserts and semideserts are advancing, as are invasive plants such as jointed
cacti, woody acacias, ..."
5. Geography of the Central Andes: A Handbook to Accompany the La Paz Sheet of by Alan Grant Ogilvie (1922)
"These highlands are classed among the semideserts of the world. The prevailing
winds on the coast are south or southwest—more or less from the ocean, ..."
6. Principles and Methods of Teaching Geography by Frederick Leopold Holtz (1913)
"... their moisture capacity or saturation point is raised, and they become drying
winds; hence in such regions are deserts or semideserts. ..."
7. Manual of Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana (1855)
"The dry regions of these mountains and of the semideserts of California abound
in salt licks and lakes. There is a small spring on the Bay of San Francisco. ..."
8. Thirsty Cities: Urban Environments and Water Supply in Latin Americaby Danilo J. Anton by Danilo J. Anton (1993)
"Relatively strong seasonal thermal variations occur in the midlatitude semideserts
of the Argentinean pampas, Patagonia, and the northern Mexican mesas. ..."
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