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What does semiarid mean?

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Adjective
  1. Somewhat arid, receiving little rainfall but more than an arid area would. Typically defined as 25 to 50 cm or 10 to 20 inches of rainfall annually.
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The poorest schools in Kenya are found in the semiarid areas occupied by the nomadic communities like the Maasai, Samburu, Turkana, and Somali.
Pastoral nomadism is practiced in the arid and semiarid regions, particularly in the Akhḍar Mountains and surrounding steppe lands in Cyrenaica.
This results in a subhumid to semiarid climate, with short, warm summers and very cold winters.
This grain is grown in arid and semiarid regions of the world due to its unusual tolerance to adverse environments.
The Cactaceae are among the flowering plants that dominate the vegetation of arid and semiarid zones of the New World.
Irrigation problems in our semiarid regions are receiving careful and increased consideration.

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