aridity
Example Sentences
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But it isn’t just the heat—it’s the aridity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
The desert's extreme aridity makes it one of the clearest places on Earth to view the night sky and is famous for being home to the largest radio telescope in the world.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025
A recent study in the journal Nature Climate Change found that severe increases in aridity caused by climate change is drying out frog habitats across the globe.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2024
Baldy Road — from sea-level aridity to swimming holes, waterfalls and snow higher up — I hear mutterings of “I had no idea.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2024
From a geographer’s point of view, it is a splendid anomaly, commencing with its extreme aridity.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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