Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An area receiving relatively little rainfall, such as a savanna or prairie, or almost no rainfall at all, such as a desert.
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- noun
land that isarid , but not so dry as to be adesert .
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Examples
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Self-patterning of vegetation has been identified in dryland ecosystems worldwide, such as the “tiger striped” savanna of the African Sahel and the banded shrublands of Australia.
hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Vegetation Self-Patterning Presentation 2008
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It's this type of use, or misuse, of water for high-altitude crops, and ones with only an indirect return, getting processed through a cow (or worse, fed to somebody's pet horse), rather than direct human benefit crops such as dryland or semi-dry spring wheat or pinto beans, that Marc Reisner decried in "Cadillac Desert."
SocraticGadfly 2008
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Agriculture and livestock producers are also hard hit: Several million acres of dryland crops in the Edwards Plateau, the Rolling Plains and the Panhandle have failed.
Peter H. Gleick: When Climate Changes Come and Water Policies Fail. Pray for Rain? Peter H. Gleick 2011
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You'd be floored by how much ground is going back into production, both dryland and shiny new center-pivots.
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Governments should make it easier to get new varieties certified and on to the shelves of agro-dealers, develop the local seed industry for improved dryland crop varieties, and give dryland crops a market value.
Small seed packets could play big role in Africa's battle against drought 2011
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Agriculture and livestock producers are also hard hit: Several million acres of dryland crops in the Edwards Plateau, the Rolling Plains and the Panhandle have failed.
Peter H. Gleick: When Climate Changes Come and Water Policies Fail. Pray for Rain? Peter H. Gleick 2011
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You'd be floored by how much ground is going back into production, both dryland and shiny new center-pivots.
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As water shortages become a reality in many parts of the U.S. and around the world, teparies will undoubtedly play an important role in dryland agriculture.
Ingredient: Tepary Beans with Recipe for Tepary Bean and Vegetable Stew Laurie Constantino 2009
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Apparently, this is the way dryland salvias like to grow - in little cracks and crevices.
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As water shortages become a reality in many parts of the U.S. and around the world, teparies will undoubtedly play an important role in dryland agriculture.
Archive 2009-04-01 Laurie Constantino 2009
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