| The lands of the Southwest, in their aridness, showed him concretely the underlying fragility of the land community, and the interconnectedness of its members. |
| The green is in contrast to the aridness of two huge deserts to the East of Tehran. |
| The aridness, the desiccation, the lifelessness of everything about was somehow shocking. |
| He chose the West in part because its aridness and lack of vegetation allow for an unobscured view of the changes caused by urbanization. |
| A climate characterized by aridness, rigorous winters and short summers with significant thermal oscillations between day and night. |
| Book releases, art exhibitions, theatre camps and more, holding out the promise of being a haven for creativity in these times of aridness. |
