semidesert

Noun

Meaning

a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions

Source: WordNet

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Examples

Columnar cacti growing in semidesert areas are among those most likely to be bat-pollinated; this may be because bats are able to travel considerable distances, so are effective pollinators of plants growing widely separated from one another. Source: Internet

More than three-quarters of the country, including the entire west and most of the south, is either semidesert (33.2%) or desert (44%). Source: Internet

The southern area of the Mughalzhar Hills is a semidesert. Source: Internet

Western Darfur stands in contrast to northern and eastern Darfur, which are semidesert with little water either from the intermittent streams known as wadis or from wells that normally go dry during the winter months. Source: Internet

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