Sentence examples for are arid from inspiring English sources
Most of the Gulf countries are arid in nature.
But the main surprise was that most areas with the highest plant endemism are arid.
Some are lush and others are arid, but all of the stops on Gov. George W. Bush's four-day trek through the West will prove fertile -- with money.
In contrast, leeward basins to the west of this orographic barrier are arid and receive rainfall amounts of less than 0.2 m/yr2.
Vast parts of the country are arid, and India has just 4 percent of the world's fresh water shared among 16 percent of its people.
Its northern and eastern (windward) portions receive significant rainfall and have lush vegetation and forests; its southern and western (leeward) sections, however, are arid and have varicoloured conical cinder deposits up to 600 feet (180 metres) high that were formed by secondary eruptions.
Otherwise, the trek from breadbasket to dessert was arid.
The river basin in Colorado and Wyoming is arid, irrigation being generally indispensable to agriculture.
"Right now," the supervisor said, "the reservoir of good will is arid".
