aridity

How To Use aridity In A Sentence

• We are already observing what appear to be trends towards increasing, long-term aridity in parts of the world. RealClimate
• My idea of a desert is an eternal agony, plotted by the fury of the aridity, by the implacable confusion of a sun which, trampled by the wind, melts with the sand, until there is no other landscape than the sand dominating the sky, the ground, the wind. Flowers in the Desert
• Though it gave him a profound subject, one has to wonder how much the aridity of Mphahlele's native soil limited his ability to fulfill his artistic promise. Chronicling a World Apart
• Commenting on your list of several lethalities, some might hear me say, in the face of all aridity ... Month-end inventory (Jack Bog's Blog)
• Expenditures for purchasing fodder and the water supply for the animals receive more attention with increasing land-use intensity and dissemination of animal traction as well as aridity, meaning an increased load on family labour, especially the children. Chapter 9
• More than anything I was struck by how incredibly green and lush everything looked after the dryness of the Spanish countryside. I have not been to Spain before, and I was quite taken aback by the aridity of it all.
• The region is considered to be an island of long-term aridity in a sea of climatic change. Kaokoveld desert
• For day after day south of Marzuk we saw nothing but stony wastes and sand dunes with never a blade of grass or bush to relieve the aridity.
• Intensified upwelling would enhance aridity along the west coast of South America by preventing moist air masses of the Pacific anticyclone from encroaching landwards.
• The perception of raw aridity is belied by a surprising amount of life: insects and lizards, the colorful opportunists.