The region is considered to be an island of long-term aridity in a sea of climatic change. From Wordnik.com. [Kaokoveld desert] Reference
We are already observing what appear to be trends towards increasing, long-term aridity in parts of the world. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
The aridity of the country generally held them back. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
Plants are adapted to aridity by several mechanisms. From Wordnik.com. [28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture] Reference
The aridity of the competition was manifest last week. From Wordnik.com. [Heartbreaker] Reference
Time does the rest, time and the aridity of separations. From Wordnik.com. [The Pool in the Desert] Reference
I was vulnerable with eric and he teased me into aridity. From Wordnik.com. [i-claudius Diary Entry] Reference
He was especially impressed with the aridity of the country. From Wordnik.com. [Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert] Reference
Over the Kooree, Euphorbia antiqorum, a sure sign of aridity. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Query -- Why are Carduaceae, (Artemisia) so adapted to aridity?. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
How to survive heat and aridity: ecophysiology of the dikdik antelope. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
As a rule, shrubs increase and grasses decrease with increasing aridity. From Wordnik.com. [Nama Karoo] Reference
We had an uncomfortable experience because of the excessive heat and aridity. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
Variability in inter-annual rainfall tends to increase with increasing aridity. From Wordnik.com. [Nama Karoo] Reference
These plants vary in ability to tolerate aridity and in yields under arid conditions. From Wordnik.com. [7: Water resources] Reference
The most distinctive characteristic of the land is its aridity, with unreliable rains. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
When rainfall, aridity, heat, or cold are excessive, bees often cannot produce surplus honey. From Wordnik.com. [35 Bees] Reference
Refuge theory, ice-age aridity and the history of tropical biotas: an essay in plant geography. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests] Reference
Various types are kept in areas of extreme heat, cold, altitude, aridity, humidity, and rainfall. From Wordnik.com. [1 Microcattle] Reference
The similarity and aridity of kinematics textbooks in this country from around 1910 are most striking. From Wordnik.com. [Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt] Reference
However, as aridity increases, fewer and fewer species are adapted, and the potential biomass is reduced. From Wordnik.com. [28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture] Reference
However, creeping germander and creeping thyme can take both the heat and aridity of summer and our cold winters. From Wordnik.com. [Pamper your pet's paws outdoors] Reference
Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. From Wordnik.com. [Short Child etc.] Reference
In winter there was the disadvantage of snow in the Rockies and in summer were the aridity and heat of the Mohave desert. From Wordnik.com. [Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert] Reference
You have taught me, my beloved Sancho, that it is only the weak who lay down and die in the face of aridity and aversion. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Little Sancho - Chapter 4: The man, his salvation and his final lesson.] Reference
They do not realize the aridity of our summer climate, which makes it sometimes as much of a luxury here as it is in the desert. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
The scene was quite magical and considering the general aridity for a large part of the year, it appeared almost like a phantasm. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
Some survive even the stress of extreme aridity and for this reason are the predominant livestock in North Africa and the Middle East. From Wordnik.com. [1 Microcattle] Reference
Yet oaks will not flourish between the one hundredth meridian and the eastern base of the Sierras, owing to the aridity of the climate. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889] Reference
The land may be characterized according to the degree of aridity as dry forest, chaparral or brushland, grassland or savannah, or desert. From Wordnik.com. [28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture] Reference
It is Italy without the enervating heat and aridity which are such serious drawbacks to the enjoyment of its other charms by Northern folk. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
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