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- Dictionarydry land
noun
- 1. land as opposed to the sea or another body of water: "the tide came in and cut off his route to dry land"
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5 days ago · How water harvesting and land restoration are bringing hope to the arid heart of the country. A little-known fact is that northeastern Brazil is home to the most populated dryland on the planet, made up of two biomes: the Cerrado, a regional water tower at the frontlines of agroindustrial expansion, and Caatinga, which is exclusive to the country and is inhabited by one in seven Brazilians.
3 days ago · Flood, high-water stage in which water overflows its natural or artificial banks onto normally dry land, such as a river inundating its floodplain. The effects of floods on human well-being range from unqualified blessings to catastrophes.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 days ago · Soil measuring and surveying device. Soil consists of a solid phase of minerals and organic matter (the soil matrix), as well as a porous phase that holds gases (the soil atmosphere) and water (the soil solution). [1] [2] Accordingly, soil is a three- state system of solids, liquids, and gases. [3] .
5 days ago · Sahel, semiarid region of western and north-central Africa extending from Senegal eastward to Sudan. It forms a transitional zone between the arid Sahara (desert) to the north and the belt of humid savannas to the south.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · Stony, dry eyes waiting for the rains, parched, cracked earth spitting fire, hungry, children with shrivelled bellies, heaps of cattle bones and women wandering in search of water – are familiar sites across the state.
5 days ago · A dry wetland might be a discouraging sight if you’re a waterfowl hunter or birder, but wet and dry cycles are a natural process for many wetlands in the Great Plains, a region known for both deluge and drought.
2 days ago · Biodiversity (or biological diversity) is the variety and variability of life on Earth. It can be measured on various levels. There is for example genetic variability, species diversity, ecosystem diversity and phylogenetic diversity. [1] Diversity is not distributed evenly on Earth.
