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Nature's way of saying bring your own water, forever.
means The quality of being extremely dry, lacking enough moisture or rainfall to sustain much life — whether describing a landscape, a climate, or, figuratively, a dull conversation.
from Traces back to the Latin aridus, meaning 'dry' or 'parched,' from the verb arere, 'to be dry or burn.' That same root gave English 'arid.' The word likely carries an ancient echo of scorching heat baked right into its sound — languages often borrowed similar roots for things that crackle and wither under the sun.
- definition
- chronic precipitation deficit relative to evaporation demand
- driest spot
- Atacama Desert, some stations zero recorded rain
- measure
- aridity index under 0.2 counts as arid
- growing share
- over 40 percent of land now drylands