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Definition of Semiarid
1. Adjective. Somewhat arid. "A semiarid region with little annual rainfall"
Definition of Semiarid
1. Adjective. Somewhat arid, receiving little rainfall but more than an arid area would. Typically defined as 25 to 50 cm or 10 to 20 inches of rainfall annually. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Semiarid
1. characterized by light rainfall [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semiarid
Literary usage of Semiarid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Irrigation in the United States by Frederick Haynes Newell (1906)
"STATES OF THE semiarid REGION. THE location of the semia'rid region has been
shown in Fig. 2 (page 14), and a definition has been given of the location of ..."
2. Dry-farming: A System of Agriculture for Countries Under a Low Rainfall by John Andreas Widtsoe (1911)
"What the future will show in the reclamation of these deserts, without irrigation,
is yet conjectural. Arid, semiarid, and sub-humid Before proceeding to ..."
3. Weather and Rice: Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Impact of by International Rice Research Institute (1987)
"At ICRISAT, we are studying the relevance of climatic environment to the development
of improved cropping systems for semiarid tropical areas. ..."
4. Commercial Geography by Albert Perry Brigham (1911)
"Humid, semiarid, and arid regions of the United States natural and artificial,
requires a large and increasing use of water. Flood prevention is a part of ..."
5. Commercial Geography by Albert Perry Brigham (1911)
"Humid, semiarid, and arid regions of the United States natural and artificial,
requires a large and increasing use of water. Flood prevention is a part of ..."
6. Commercial Geography by Albert Perry Brigham (1911)
"Humid, semiarid, and arid regions of the United States natural and artificial,
requires a large and increasing use of water. Flood prevention is a part of ..."
7. A Manual of Farm Grasses by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1921)
"In the southern portion of the Great Plains, Johnson grass is an important factor
in much of the region that is essentially semiarid. ..."
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