semi arid

基本解释

The desertification means the land degradation in arid, semi arid and dry sub-humid areas which is caused by various factors including climate variability and human activity.
“荒漠化”是指包括气候变异和人类活动在内的种种因素造成的干旱、半干旱和亚湿润干旱地区的土地退化。
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But in loess region of north of the Qinling Mountains, the influence of maritime climate is weak, there appears semi arid and arid climate, forming the features of special vegetation zones.
但秦岭以北及其黄土区由于受东南季风的影响减弱，出现了半干旱和干旱气候，植被向着草原方向发展，形成了这里特殊的地带性特征。
Semi arid climate, poor vegetation cover and highly erodible loess can be regarded as the main natural factors responsible for the formation of hyperconcentrated flows in the Loess Plateau, China.
黄土高原半干旱的气候条件、稀疏的植被和疏松易蚀的黄土物质，是该地区高含沙水流形成的自然地理因素。

In a project that covers several parts of arid and semi-arid China—Beijing, Hebei, Qingdao and Shenyang, as well as the Hai basin and the smaller Turpan basin—the World Bank has been promoting water conservation.
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"But, ' adds Mel Reasoner, Director of the Mountain Research Initiative, "in many arid and semi-arid areas, people are dependent not only on the amount of glacier melt water, but on the timing of the water flow.
UNESCO: 83e
During the consultations governance challenges in arid and semi-arid areas were discussed and how institutions can be better equipped to deal with risks and uncertainties, emerging out of climate change, population growth, urban-rural tensions and groundwater pollution.
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characterized by scanty rainfall and scrubby vegetation, often occurring in continental interiors