Sentences with phrase «extremely arid»

In extremely arid regions, fog or mist harvesters can be a fairly effective method for collecting water but they generally require a strong air flow to function.

98 The fauna associated with Australopithecine fossils indicate a wooded environment (Reed 1997, p. 318); their Paranthropus successors were sometimes found in wetland environments, but it is only the later Homo species (ergaster, erectus) that are found in extremely arid and open landscape.

In extremely arid regions, wind action may be important: the transport of sand - size and smaller sediment by wind may be...

Between 17,000 and 27,000 years ago, much of the planet's water was frozen at the ice caps, and the continents were extremely arid.

The findings show for the first time how the highly evolved bryophyte survives in extremely arid environments thanks in part to its specialized water collection and transportation toolkit.

Despite the extremely arid conditions, camels still provide enough milk for human consumption and also have an important role as a source of meat.

The crater is in such pristine condition because it is geologically young (current estimates put the age at less than 5000 years) and because it escaped significant weathering, as it formed when extremely arid conditions were already prevalent in this remote part of Egypt.

When it gets extremely arid I can barely form complete sentences when talking.

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This mulch reduces evaporation, which promotes water conservation and can be extremely useful in arid areas where water availability is limited.

Sixteen miles long and only seven miles across at its widest point, Elba in the early nineteenth century was home mainly to goats, deserted ruins, a variety of vines and scraggly shrubs on arid hillsides, and approximately twelve thousand impoverished peasants with a well - deserved reputation for being «extremely irritable» and «almost universally ignorant.»

Baobab — this is the common name given to a species of trees known as Adansonia, the majority of which are native to Africa (meaning that they are an extremely hardy species which can tolerate dry, arid conditions).