subarid


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sub·ar·id

 (sŭb-ăr′ĭd)
adj.
Somewhat arid; moderately dry.
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subarid

(sʌbˈærɪd)
adj
(Physical Geography) receiving slightly more rainfall than arid regions; moderately dry
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A climatic atlas published by the Texas Water Development Board shows the study area is subhumid to subarid, the average annual precipitation from 1951-1980 is 27 inches (69 cm) and the average gross lake surface evaporation rate for the period of 1950-1979 is 65 inches (165 cm) (Larkin & Bomar 1983).
To accomplish his goal, he acquired approximately two thousand acres of land just south of the federally protected Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve in Quintana Roo's subarid forest and, in keeping with his interest in all things Maya, named it Uxumil Ceh, or "the Palace of the Deer Lord."
Latosols occur irrespective of present-day climatic regimes, being found in subarid north-east Brazil or in very humid areas elsewhere in the country.
By plotting any pair of values (Q and m) on a system of axes, we obtain a separation of the different subclimates, ranging from subarid to subhumid, and from cold to hot for each of the categories of aridity.