semiarid

IPA: sɛmaɪˈærʌd

(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.

Examples of "semiarid" in Sentences

"You can't grow plants native to the semiarid Middle East in Florida."
The Chacoan peccary is specialised for life in semiarid forests and steppes.
Colorado Springs is classified as semiarid, or half-desert, because it normally get 16 ...
The transition regions between deserts and grasslands are sometimes called semiarid deserts (e.g. the Great Basin of the western United States).
Drought declarations may attract headlines, but they are meaningless in semiarid regions where dry years are endemic and drought cycles are a way of life.
The region was described as semiarid; the nearest weather station, Lehman Caves National Monument, about 4 miles east and 3000 ft lower, had a mean annual rainfall of 12.8 20 years to 1964.