File IBRA 6.1 Geraldton Sandplains.png thumb left Location of Geraldton Sandplain Semi arid and dry mediterranean climate. Located on Southwestern coast of Australia . ref http florabase.calm.wa.gov.au help ibra map ref reflist Category Geography of Western Australia ... more details
Alin may refer to Alin, Iran , a village the Kenyan NGO Arid Lands Information Network a magical civilization in the video game Rise of Nations Rise of Legends Alianza de Izquierda Nacional a Romanian people Romanian male name A Lin , an aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer disambig ... more details
Sediment precipitation is a weather condition that occurs when a mix of rain and sediment usually as dust or sand fall from the sky as precipitation. It usually occurs in arid desert regions such as west Texas or Arizona . It occasionally happens in the grasslands as it did in Bexar County, Texas on March 18, 2008. Category Precipitation sci stub ... more details
Cliff rose , a common name , can refer to Bellis perennis Daisy , a beautiful plant grown almost everywhere Armeria maritima , the sea thrift, a low growing, salt tolerant plant on sea cliffs Purshia , a genus of plants native to arid climates of western North America disambig plants ... more details
IAMWARM Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation and Water bodies Restoration and Management is a 6 year water management project in the arid Indian state of Tamil Nadu that aims to facilitate efficient irrigation practices by local farmers. External links http iamwarm.gov.in Official site Category Economy of Tamil Nadu Category Water supply Category Irrigation in India India econ stub ... more details
Grus is an accumulation of angular, coarse grained fragments particles of sand and gravel resulting from the granular disintegration of crystalline rocks most notably granitoid s generally in an arid or semiarid region. ref Bates and Jackson, Dictionary of Geological Terms, 3rd Ed. ref Grus sand, when cement ed into a sandstone , will form an arkose . References reflist Category Geology terminology ... more details
Gidgee also commonly spelled gidyee or gidyea may refer to any of a number of species of Acacia native to arid or semi arid regions of Australia, or to the vegetation communities in which these species dominate Most commonly Acacia cambagei Acacia argyrodendron , commonly known as Black Gidgee Acacia anastema , commonly known as Sanddune dometrius or just Gidgee Acacia pruinocarpa , commonly known as Gidgee or Black Gidgee Acacia subtessarogona , commonly known as Spreading Gidgee . Acacia georginae , commonly known as Georgina Gidgee. Other uses Gidgee Gold Mine , a gold mine in Western Australia disambig Category Words and phrases of Australian Aboriginal origin ... more details
Speciesbox taxon Griffinia nocturna authority Ravenna synonyms Hyline nocturna Griffinia nocturna is a bulb bulbous species of flowering plant which is Endemism endemic to Brazil. Together with another closely related species, Griffinia gardneriana , it forms its own subgenus in the genus Griffinia named Hyline . A distinguishing feature of G. nocturna is that the flowers are white while almost all of the other members of the genus have lilac or blue flowers. They are scented, collected into an umbel . The plant blooms during the night and the flowers have already faded by the next day. The leaves are green and oblanceolate. Endemic to Brazil , it grows in arid or semi arid regions from central to northern Brazil, in zones known as caatingas . DEFAULTSORT Griffinia Nocturna Category Amaryllidoideae ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Anarta engedina image image width 240px regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Noctuidae genus Anarta moth Anarta species A. engedina binomial Anarta engedina binomial authority Hacker, 1998 synonyms Hadula engedina small Hacker, 1998 small Anarta engedina is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is probably endemic to the Levant it has only been recorded from Israel . It is found in the arid region of En Gedi and in the semi arid region in the upper elevations of the Judean desert near Alon, Mateh Binyamin Alon and Kfar Gedi . Adults are on wing from January to March. There is one generation per year. External links http redalyc.uaemex.mx redalyc pdf 455 45514005.pdf Hadeninae of Israel Category Hadenini Hadeninae stub vi Anarta engedina ... more details
Taxobox name Euxoa canariensis image Euxoa canariensis.jpg image width 100px image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Noctuidae genus Euxoa species E. canariensis binomial Euxoa canariensis binomial authority Rebel, 1902 synonyms Agrotis canariensis small Rebel, 1902 small Euxoa canariensis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Canary Islands throughout the arid and semi arid areas of North Africa to Arabia , Israel , Jordan , Iran and Afghanistan . Adults are on wing in March to May. There is one generation per year. Subspecies Euxoa canariensis canariensis Euxoa canariensis mauretanica North Africa Euxoa canariensis diamondi Israel External links http redalyc.uaemex.mx redalyc html 455 45513605 45513605.html Noctuinae of Israel Category Euxoa Euxoa stub vi Euxoa canariensis ... more details
The Kumul Depression , also known as the Hami Depression , zh c , is a basin in eastern Xinjiang, China. It is located in the south of the Kumul Prefecture , on the south slope of the Tian Shan , with an area of convert 53500 sqkm sigfig 3 . Its lowest point has an elevation of convert 53 m 0 . The climate of the area is considered to be Arid climate arid , with large seasonal differences in temperature. The city of Kumul, also known as Hami, lies within the basin and is known for producing the Hami melon , grapes, and other fruit produce. The basin has extensive oil resources. Category Geography of Xinjiang Xinjiang geo stub coord missing Xinjiang pl Hami Pendi ru uk zh ... more details
File Mixed grass prarie Fort Smith Montana.jpg thumb Mixed grass prairie around the Afterbay near Fort Smith, Montana A Mixed grass prairie is an ecotone which located between the tall grass and short grass prairies, the mixed grass prairie is richer in ecological diversity than either the tall or short grass prairie. The mixed grass prairie occurs in the central portion of the Great Plains varying in width from central Texas in the United States up into southeastern Manitoba , Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada . ref G. E. Wickens Ecophysiology of economic plants in arid and semi arid lands p.76 ref References references coord missing Category Great Plains Category Plains of Canada Category Plains of the United States Category Physiographic provinces Category Regions of the Western United States ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2010 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Little Things Of Venom Type Album Artist Arid band Arid Cover Released 1998 Recorded Genre Alternative rock Length 46 10 Label Double T Columbia Records Producer David Anderson Reviews Allmusic 3 5 Allmusic class album id r474488 pure url yes link Last album This album Little Things Of Venom br 1998 Next album All Is Quiet Now br 2002 Little Things Of Venom is the first album by Belgian band Arid band Arid . It was first released in 1998 under Belgium s Double T record label, and again in 2000 by Columbia Records in the United States , under the name At The Close Of Every Day . Track listing All songs written by Jasper Steverlinck and David Du Pr . At The Close Of Every Day 3 41 Too Late Tonight 4 01 All Will Wait 3 47 Little Things Of Venom 4 35 Believer 3 30 Dearly Departed 5 41 Me And My Melody 5 02 World Weary Eyes 3 10 Life 4 27 Elegy 3 08 Bonus track On the Austria n and United States U.S. releases of the album, an eleventh track titled Soir e was included. It runs for 5 13. Licensing Track four, Little Things Of Venom , was used in the soundtrack for the IMAX 3 D film Haunted Castle 2001 , in which lead singer Steverlinck also starred. Category 1998 debut albums Category Arid albums 1990s alt rock album stub nl Little Things of Venom ... more details
otheruses Run On disambiguation In hydrology , run on refers both to the process whereby surface runoff infiltration hydrology infiltrates the ground as it flows, and to the portion of runoff that infiltrates. Run on is common in arid and semi arid areas with patchy vegetation cover and short but intense thunderstorms . In these environments, surface runoff is usually generated by a failure of rainfall to infiltrate into the ground quickly enough this runoff is termed infiltration excess overland flow . This is more likely to occur on bare soil , with low infiltration capacity . As runoff flows downslope, it may flow onto ground with higher infiltration capacity such as beneath vegetation and become run on. Run on is an important process in the hydrological and ecohydrology ecohydrological behaviour of semi arid ecosystems. Tiger bush is an example of a vegetation community that develops a patterned structure in response to, in part, the generation of runoff and run on. See also Stormwater References refbegin cite journal last1 Corradini first1 C. last2 Morbidelli first2 R. last3 Melone first3 F. year 1998 title On the interaction between infiltration and Hortonian runoff journal Journal of Hydrology publisher volume 204 issue 1 4 pages 52 67 url issn 0022 1694 doi 10.1016 S0022 1694 97 00100 5 refend ecology stub Category Hydrology ... more details
Drylands are areas of land with low amounts of water in the soil . These include arid lands , where the rate of evapotranspiration exceeds the rate of precipitation meteorology precipitation and semi arid lands where precipitation is low enough that water acts as the major limiting factor in plant growth. ref cite book author Ryan, John chapter Research Centers for Dryland and Semiarid Regions editors Stewart, Bobby A. & Howell, Terry A. title Encyclopedia of water science publisher CRC Press year 2003 isbn 9780824709488 page 795 url http books.google.com books?id 5cP 81xDWuwC&pg PA795 ref Drylands occupy approximately 50 of global land area. ref name Abrahams Abrahams, A.D. and A.J. Parsons 1994. Geomorphology of deserts environments in Geomorphology of Deserts Environments edited by A.D Abrahams and A.J. Parsons, p. 1 12. Chapman & Hall, London New York. ref Drylands are complex, evolving structures whose characteristics and dynamic properties depend on many interrelated links between climate, soil, and vegetation. ref Rodr guez Iturbe, I. and A. Porporato 2004. Ecohydrology of Water Controlled Ecosystems Soil Moisture and Plant Dynamics. Cambridge University Press. ref See also Dryland farming Arid Lands Information Network Desert Desertification Wetlands References reflist ecology stub Category Biomes ... more details
Infobox soil name Aridisol alternative name image Aridisol profile.jpg image size 250px image caption a Aridisol profile classification system USDA soil taxonomy profile parent material code process soil carbon redox oxidation climate desert climate desert , semi arid climate semi arid Aridisols or desert soils are a soil order in USA soil taxonomy . Aridisols from the Latin aridus , for dry form in an arid or semi arid climate. Aridisols dominate the deserts and xeric shrublands , which occupy about one third of the Earth s land surface. Aridisols have a very low concentration of organic matter , reflecting the paucity of vegetative production on these dry soils. Water deficiency is the major defining characteristic of Aridisols. Also required is sufficient age to exhibit sub soil weathering and development. Limited leaching in Aridisols often results in one or more subsurface soil horizons in which suspended or dissolved minerals have been deposited silicate clays, sodium, calcium carbonate, gypsum or soluble salts. These subsoil horizons can also be cementation geology cemented by carbonates, gypsum or silica. Accumulation of salts on the surface can result in salinization . See also Pedogenesis Pedology soil study Soil classification Soil science Soil type References cite web url http soils.usda.gov technical classification orders aridisols.html title Aridisols publisher USDA NRCS accessdate 2006 05 14 cite web url http grunwald.ifas.ufl.edu Nat resources soil orders aridisols.htm title Aridisols publisher University of Florida accessdate 2006 05 14 cite web url http soils.ag.uidaho.edu soilorders aridisols.htm title Aridisols publisher University of Idaho accessdate 2006 05 14 Soil type Category Pedology Category Types of soil de Aridisol it Aridisol nl Aridisol ... more details
Horned puff adder may refer to Bitis caudalis , a.k.a. the horned adder, a venomous viper species found in the arid region of south west Africa. Bitis nasicornis , a.k.a. the rhinoceros viper, a venomous viper found in the forests of West and Central Africa. SIA snakes This is a Set Index Article SIA about snakes. If other, non snake topics with this name exist, please, do not turn this into a disambiguation page, but create a separate disambiguation page instead. Category Viperinae by common name ... more details
Vipera ocellata is a taxonomic synonym that may refer to Vipera aspis , a.k.a. the asp viper, a venomous viper species found in southwestern Europe. Bitis caudalis , a.k.a. the horned puff adder, a venomous viper species found in the arid region of south west Africa. SIA snakes This is a Set Index Article SIA about snakes. If other, non snake topics with this name exist, please, do not turn this into a disambiguation page, but create a separate disambiguation page instead. Category Viperinae by common name ... more details
italictitle taxobox name Large fruited Mallee regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperm s unranked classis Eudicot s unranked ordo Rosid s ordo Myrtales familia Myrtaceae genus Eucalyptus species E. youngiana binomial Eucalyptus youngiana binomial authority Ferdinand von Mueller F.Muell. Eucalyptus youngiana , commonly known as Large fruited Mallee , Ooldea Mallee and Yarldarlba , ref name APNCD cite web title Australian Plant Common Names Database url http www.anbg.gov.au common.names accessdate 2007 04 12 ref is a tree that occurs in arid and semi arid areas of southern Western Australia and South Australia . Description E. youngiana grows as a Mallee habit mallee from four to ten metres high, with rough, flaky bark and red or yellow flowers from June to October. ref name Florabase FloraBase name Eucalyptus salubris id 5803 ref Taxonomy The species was first published in 1876 by Ferdinand von Mueller , ref name APNI APNI name Eucalyptus youngiana F.Muell. id 38545 ref based on specimens collected at Queen Victoria Spring by Jess Young during the Giles expedition of May 1875 . ref name Hall 1978 cite book first Norman last Hall year 1978 title Botanists of the Eucalypts location Australia publisher Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation id ISBN 0643002715 ref The specific name honours Young. There are no subspecies or varieties. In 1969 Clifford Boomsma demoted it to a subspecies of Eucalyptus pyriformis E. pyriformis , but this was overturned by Ian Brooker in 2000. ref name APNI Distribution and habitat It has a fairly wide distribution, occurring throughout arid and semi arid areas of Western Australia and South Australia. The relief is generally gentle slopes. It grows in red sands and sandy loams. ref name Florabase References reflist Category Flora of South Australia Category Plants described in 1876 Category Rosids of Western Australia Category Myrtales of Australia Category Eucalyptus youngiana Category Mallees ... more details
taxobox image Eremophila youngii.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Asterids ordo Lamiales familia Scrophulariaceae genus Eremophila plant Eremophila species E. youngii binomial Eremophila youngii binomial authority Ferdinand von Mueller F.Muell. Eremophila youngii is a species of shrub that occurs in arid and semi arid areas of Western Australia . Description It is a shrub or small tree from one to 5.4 metres high. It has purple, red or pink flowers, occurring from January to March and from June to October. ref name FloraBase 7285 FloraBase name Eremophila youngii id 7285 ref Taxonomy The species was first published in 1876 by Ferdinand von Mueller , ref name APNI APNI name Eremophila youngii F.Muell. id 62560 ref based on specimens collected at Queen Victoria Spring by Jess Young during the Giles expedition of May 1875 . ref name Hall 1978 cite book first Norman last Hall year 1978 title Botanists of the Eucalypts location Australia publisher Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization isbn 0643002715 ref The specific name honours Young. There are no published subspecies or varieties, but an unpublished subspecies has been provisionally named Eremophila youngii subsp. lepidota E. y. subsp. lepidota by Robert Chinnock . ref name APNI This subspecies, which occurs at the northern limits of the species distribution, has been declared Priority Four Poorly Known Taxa on the Declared Rare and Priority Flora List of Western Australia s Department of Environment and Conservation Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation . ref name FloraBase 16040 FloraBase name Eremophila youngii subsp. lepidota Chinnock ms id 16040 ref Distribution It occurs throughout the western areas of arid and semi arid Western Australia. It grows on floodplains, clay flats, semi saline areas and drainage lines, and amongst stony hills. It prefers red sand, clay or loams, calcrete and laterite . ref na ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Terjit is an oasis in the proper sense a well in a dry area , popular with Mauritania s few tourists. It nestles in a cut on the edge of an arid plateau, and stretches a few hundred metres alongside a stream that emerges from the rock. There is a modest fee to enter and tourists can pay to stay in tents in the palm grove. Category Landforms of Mauritania Mauritania geo stub coord 20.25 N 13.1 W source kolossus frwiki display title fr Tergit sv Terjit ... more details
Image Durisol.gif thumb right 400px Distribution of Durisols A Durisol in the FAO World Reference Base for Soil Resources is a very shallow to moderately deep, free draining soil of arid and semi arid environments, that contain cemented secondary silica SiO sub 2 sub in the upper metre of soil. Durisols are internationally known as hardpan soils Australia or dorbank South Africa or they represent the duripan phase of other soils, e.g. of Calcisols FAO . ref name WRB http www.fao.org ag agl agll wrb doc wrb2007 corr.pdf FAO World Reference Base for Soil Resources, First update 2007 ref Durisols are developed mainly in alluvial and colluvium colluvial sediment deposits of all Soil texture texture classes. They are found on level and slightly sloping alluvial plains, terraces and gently sloping piedmont plains in arid, semi arid and Mediterranean regions. The soils have AC or ABC soil profile profile . Eroded Durisols with exposed hard soil horizon horizons a petroduric horizon are common in gently sloping terrain. Most Durisols can only be used for grazing extensive grazing . agriculture Arable cropping of Durisols is limited to areas where irrigation water is available. Extensive areas of Durisols occur in Australia , in South Africa , Namibia and in the USA notably in Nevada , California and Arizona minor occurrences have been reported from Central America Central and South America and from Kuwait . Durisols are a new introduction in international soil classification and have not often been mapped as such. A precise indication of their extent is not yet available. ref name WRB See also Pedogenesis Pedology soil study Soil classification References reflist Soil type Category Pedology Category Types of soil nl Durisol ... more details
Image Regosol.gif thumb 400px Distribution of Regosols A Regosol in the FAO World Reference Base for Soil Resources is very weakly developed mineral soil in unconsolidated materials. Regosols are extensive in erosion eroding lands , in particular in arid and semi arid areas and in mountain regions. Internationally, Regosols correlate with soil taxa that are marked by incipient soil formation such as Entisols in the USDA soil taxonomy or skeletal soils in the Australia n soil classification. The group of Regosols is a taxonomic rest group containing all soils that could not be accommodated in any of the other groups. Excluded from the Regosols are weakly developed soils that classify as Leptosols very shallow soils , Arenosols sandy soils or Fluvisols in recent alluvial sediment deposits . These soils have AC soil profile profiles . Profile development is minimal as a consequence of young age and or slow soil formation . Land use and management of Regosols vary widely. Some Regosols are used for capital intensive irrigation irrigated farming but the most common land use is low volume grazing . Regosols in mountain areas are best left under forest . Regosols occur in all climate zone s without permafrost and at all elevations. Regosols are particularly common in arid areas, in the dry tropics and in mountain regions. Regosols cover an estimated 260 million hectares worldwide, mainly in arid areas in the mid western USA , Northern Africa , the Near East and Australia . Some 50 million hectares of Regosols occur in the wet dry tropics, most especially in northern Australia, and another 36 million hectares in mountain areas. Soil type See also Pedogenesis Pedology soil study Soil classification Category Pedology Category Types of soil cs Regosol de Regosol fr R gosol nl Regosol pl Regosole pt Regossolo ... more details
The Zhongwei goat is a breed of goat from the arid desert steppes of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Gansu Gansu Province of China . It is used primarily for the production of goatskin material kid pelts , and secondarily for cashmere wool cashmere fiber . See also Cashmere goat Sources http www.ansi.okstate.edu breeds goats zhongwei index.htm Zhongwei goat Category Goatskin producing goat breeds Category Fiber producing goat breeds Category Goat breeds originating in China goat stub ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 File Saharan topographic elements map.png thumb Topographic features of the Sahara region The El Djouf is an arid region of sand dunes and rock salt which covers north eastern Mauritania and part of north western Mali . The El Djouf merges into the Sahara in the north. See also Geography of Mauritania Sahara coord missing Mauritania Category Regions of Mauritania Category Regions of Mali Mauritania geo stub ru sr fi El Djouf ... more details
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