Sentence examples for under arid from inspiring English sources

Ventifacts are produced under arid conditions and are generally formed from hard, fine-grained rocks such as obsidian, chert, or quartzite.

Since geomorphic processes under arid, humid, glacial, and possibly other climate conditions can induce particular landforms, areas subject to periodic climate change often show polygenetic landform associations.

Leaf and stem trichomes increase the reflection of solar radiation, thereby reducing internal temperatures, and thus reduce water loss in plants growing under arid conditions.

Desert dune sands are generally dry but can hold rainfall to depths of three feet (one metre) or more, thus nourishing xerophytes (plants adapted to survive under arid conditions).

It is a secondary mineral, formed by the oxidation of other copper minerals, particularly under arid conditions; it is widespread as brittle, transparent to translucent crystals in Atacama Province, Chile; in Boleo, Mex.; and in South Australia.

Because such mountains develop between continents and are thus elevated in the midst of a consequent megacontinent (Pangaea in the case of the Appalachians), they are far from oceanic evaporation sources and therefore often undergo initial denudation under arid geomorphic systems in the manner of the present mountains of central Asia.

Covered with chert, other rocks, or gravel, their surfaces are well preserved under the arid climate.

The animals of the Eremian Zone are characterized by their ability to survive under extremely arid conditions and irregular rainfall.

This process is most effective under warm, arid climate conditions commonly found at latitudes of about 30° or less.

The Karez water system is a sophisticated aquatic system developed under severe arid climate conditions.

Under more arid conditions mining of non-renewable palaeowaters is being widely practiced.