Sentence examples for mostly arid and from inspiring English sources

Darwin developed his theory of evolution by studying wildlife on the mostly arid and rocky islands, 600 miles off Ecuador.

Iran's push for development is taking a toll on the nation's water resources in a mostly arid and semi-arid country as short-sighted projects transfer water to supply inefficient agriculture and growing urban areas.

The climate of the Borana rangeland is mostly arid and semi-arid.

Maasailand is a loosely defined area of some 150,000 km2 of mostly arid and semi-arid rangeland straddling the Kenya/Tanzania border in East Africa (Figure 1).

Australia's shelf seas are considered oligotrophic; the continent is mostly arid and there are no major coastal upwellings (cf. the Benguela system).

Nyanza province is located on the shore of Lake Victoria in the tropical part of Kenya with the highest rates for HIV and other infectious diseases in the country while North Eastern province is mostly arid and less populated.

The region is fairly typical of Central Asia in having a highly continental, and mostly arid climate, with some moister and more productive areas near rivers and along the Himalayan foothills.

The country is mostly arid or semi-arid, and depends for water on a few wooded catchment areas.

Niihau is mostly arid lowland, which supports sheep and cattle ranching.

Nevertheless, water is usually shallow and tâmoûrts are mostly arid during the dry season (October to June), thus crocodiles are forced to find shelter in nearby rock outcrops during this period [27], [30].

Driving through the deep ravines and gorges of the mostly arid Batken region of the country's south west corner, it is easy to see how sudden rains can produce flash floods.