The phrase "arid patch" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a dry, barren area, often in the context of land or vegetation.
Example: "The explorers trekked across the arid patch, searching for any signs of water."
Alternatives: "dry area" or "barren land".
The camp, a sprawling and self-contained gated community, is a virtual oasis in an arid patch of Diyala.
Yet he also feels pity for American writers, who "must hoe the same arid patch for stories".
"Survivor 3," the next installment in CBS's reality-based adventure series, has brought its set to this arid patch of equatorial Africa.
Set in an arid patch of Texas Hill Country, the film hovers protectively around Diane (C K McFarland), a hardworking matriarch whose grown son, August (Tobias Segal), has cerebral palsy, and whose husband (Ron Hayden) has early-onset dementia.
Set in an eerily still and arid patch of Northern California -- as much a character as the Harley-Davidson riders in full force -- "Sons of Anarchy" is a believer in equal opportunity despite its machismo allegiances.
The suggestion of a potential uprising underscores the extent to which two competing political movements — defiance of federal authority, and Obama's determination to permanently protect vast federal lands — could collide next in this arid patch of land 110 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
It ends up producing a good, solid exhibition, one with arid patches, moments of mere cleverness but also flashes of inspiration.
Its near-three-hour running time mirrors the miniseries, yet arid patches surface throughout.
When arid landscapes contain patches with greater soil moisture, these patches are often more highly invaded (e.g. Stohlgren et al. 2001).
Vegetation often exists as patch in arid and semi-arid region.
In a swampy patch of arid Indian landscape, a Bengali brothel is open for business as clients arrive to exploit the perfumed prostitutes.
