arid region
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In the occupied West Bank's arid region of Masafer Yatta, Emar made a smooth concrete floor on two caves' rough limestone ground before applying a white limewash on the brittle stone walls.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Garreaud said precipitation totals reached levels "rarely seen in the otherwise extremely arid region."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Power and water have emerged as major issues in the data-center dispute in this arid region, where sprawling lettuce and alfalfa farms rely on the Colorado River for irrigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
In the days leading up to national elections, party workers fan out across the Chaco, a vast, arid region that encompasses Paraguay’s northwestern half, where nearly half of the Indigenous live.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2023
Sinai Monastery by the monks more than a thousand years ago and still standing there tall and green in the arid region of southwestern Arabia.
From Old Plymouth Trails by Winthrop Packard
