semiarid
IPA: sɛmaɪˈærʌd
adjective
- (climatology) 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.
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Examples of "semiarid" in Sentences
- Its climate is tropical and semiarid.
- The area's climate is steppe or semiarid.
- It is semiarid savanna in the north of Sudan.
- The area has a semitropical, semiarid climate.
- The Guajira Peninsula in the east is semiarid.
- Droughts are common in arid and semiarid lands.
- The south is semiarid, and merges into the Sahara.
- It is semiarid in South and along coast to Luanda.
- Apiocerids are found in sandy, arid and semiarid habitats.
- The mountainous areas that are semiarid, but well vegetated.