either of the zones of latitude 15–30° N and S characterized by very low rainfall and desert or semidesert terrain
Examples of 'arid zone' in a sentence
arid zone
Besides, the area of arid zone will decrease and humid zone area will increase.
Jun Yin, Denghua Yan, Zhiyong Yang, Zhe Yuan, Yong Yuan, Hao Wang, Xiaoliang Shi 2016, 'Research on Historical and Future Spatial-Temporal Variability of Precipitation inChina', Advances in Meteorologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9137201. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To understand and decipher this, a micro-morphological investigation was conducted on an arid zone plant.
Suma KRISHNASWAMY, Bopaiah A. KUSHALAPPA 2017, 'Correlative Evaluation of the Impact of Adaptive Plant Morphology on Bioactive AccumulationBased on Micro-Morphological Studies in Andrographis serpyllifolia (Rottler ex Vahl)Wight', Notulae Scientia Biologicaehttp://www.notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/10079. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
With less than 150 mm of rainfall a year, they are classified as an arid zone.
José-León García-Rodríguez, Francisco J. García-Rodríguez, Carlos Castilla-Gutiérrez 2016, 'Aridity, desalination plants and tourism in the eastern Canary Islands', Island Studies Journalhttp://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/islandstudies.ca/files/ISJ-11-1-F-Garcia-Rodriguez-et-al.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)