arid region

Here, the Sierra Nevada gives way to the sand-colored mountains and salty lakes of the Basin and Range, the arid region writer Mary Austin called the “country of lost borders.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

That contrast is largely the result of human-made lakes along the Rio Grande, which have made farming possible in the arid region.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 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 this arid region such a habitat obviously is the only one habitable for a shrew of the vagrans group.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by James S. Findley