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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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Drylands are defined by a scarcity of water. Drylands are zones where precipitation is balanced by evaporation from surfaces and by transpiration by plants (evapotranspiration). [1] The United Nations Environment Program defines drylands as tropical and temperate areas with an aridity index of less than 0.65. [2]
Drylands are characterized by a scarcity of water, which affects both natural and managed ecosystems and constrains the production of livestock as well as crops, wood, forage and other plants and affects the delivery of environmental services.
noun [ U ] uk / ˌdraɪ ˈlænd / us / ˌdraɪ ˈlænd / Add to word list. land and not sea or water: We sailed for three days before we saw dry land. Synonym. terra firma usually humorous. See also. land noun. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Geography: areas of land in general. berm. bioregion. corner. curtilage. demesne. dune field.
ABSTRACT : Dry land agriculture is the agriculture which limits the crop growth to a part of the year due to lack of sufficient moisture (Peterson et al., 2006). 68 per cent of the cultivated area in Indian
The meaning of DRYLAND is of, relating to, or being a relatively arid region; also : of, adapted to, practicing, or being agricultural methods (such as dry farming) suited to such a region. How to use dryland in a sentence.
extent, dryland area is a piece of agricultural land having no source of irrigation including groundwater. Dryland Agriculture is defined as cultivation of crop entirely with rainwater received during the crop season or stored/ conserved soil moisture or supplemented with harvested rainwater. Time and again the crop experiences mild to
What are drylands? Drylands are biomes in which, on average, water transfer from the land to the atmosphere through evaporation and transpiration outweighs rainfall by at least 150 percent – a calculation that’s known as the aridity index.
noun [ U ] us / ˌdraɪ ˈlænd / uk / ˌdraɪ ˈlænd / Add to word list. land and not sea or water: We sailed for three days before we saw dry land. Synonym. terra firma usually humorous. See also. land noun. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Geography: areas of land in general. berm. bioregion. circuit. corner. curtilage. demesne. ecoregion.
Definition: Dryland systems are ecosystems characterised by a lack of water. They include cultivated lands, scrublands, shrublands, grasslands, savannas, semi-deserts and true deserts. The lack of water constrains the production of crops, forage, wood, and other ecosystem services.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun dry land. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English.
