Definition of Subhumid

1. Adjective. (context: of a climate) Having a humidity typical of grassland or prairie ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subhumid

1. somewhat humid [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subhumid

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Literary usage of Subhumid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cover Crops in West Africa: Contributing to Sustainable Agriculture by Daniel Buckles (1998)
"Integration of Stylosanthes into the West African farming systems intensified with the opening of the International Livestock Centre for Africa's subhumid ..."

2. Rice Almanac by Jay L. Maclean (2002)
"The production of food grain per hectare of arable land is about 5.7 times higher in the subhumid subtropics (southern and southwestern China and Taiwan) ..."

3. Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society by Kansas State Historical Society (1906)
"The western boundary of this subhumid region runs along on the one hundredth meridian. ... About one-tenth of the land was found in the subhumid region. ..."

4. The Role of Anthropologists and Other Social Scientists in Interdisciplinary by Agribookstore/Winrock (1982)
"subhumid PROGRAMME TEAM MEMBERS R. von Kaufmann, livestock economist, team leader; B. Sule, ... Report to ILCA, subhumid Programme. Van Raay, JGT 1974. ..."

5. Climate and Food Security: Papers Persented at the International Symposium by International Rice Research Institute, Indian National Science Academy, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (1989)
"... and subhumid areas; • Increased seasonal average net precipitation in arid, semiarid, and subhumid areas; • Decreased or constant annual average net ..."

6. Physiology of Stress Tolerance in Rice: Proceedings of the International by V. P. Singh, International Rice Research Institute (1996)
"For Northern subhumid plains (AEZ 9) and Eastern humid plains (AEZ 16), rice yield increased at 2.8 percent per year, a record superior to that for Asia as ..."

7. Report on Agriculture by Irrigation in the Western Part of the United States by Frederick Haynes Newell (1894)
"The term ''subhumid" as applied to extensive areas in the United States ... The western subhumid region is much narrower than that on the east and the ..."

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