semiarid
adjective
semi·ar·id
ˌse-mē-ˈer-əd 
-ˈa-rəd,
ˌse-ˌmī-,
-mi-
: characterized by light rainfall
especially
: having from about 10 to 20 inches (25 to 51 centimeters) of annual precipitation
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The 1913 construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, a bold engineering feat that transported water more than 230 miles to the semiarid region, paved the way for more than 100,000 people to move into the city each year.
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Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
In the Sahel region, a semiarid belt of land stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, temperatures are expected to rise 1 1/2 times faster than the global average, according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
—Guy Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025
They're often found on loose sand or loamy soils and habitat in arid and semiarid ecosystems.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024
But no other site can match the density of designs found on Mona, a semiarid mesa halfway between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
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Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
In the Sahel region, a semiarid belt of land stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, temperatures are expected to rise 1 1/2 times faster than the global average, according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
—Guy Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025
They're often found on loose sand or loamy soils and habitat in arid and semiarid ecosystems.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024
But no other site can match the density of designs found on Mona, a semiarid mesa halfway between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
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semiarid
adjective
semi·ar·id
ˌsem-ē-ˈar-əd
ˌsem-ˌī-
: marked by light rainfall
especially
: having from about 10 to 20 inches (25 to 51 centimeters) of annual precipitation
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