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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

aridic regimes

Definition: The aridic moisture regime has limited plant available water since the soil is dry for at least half of the growing season and is moist for less than 90 consecutive days. This regime is characteristic of arid zones.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Used For: torric regimes
Spanish: regímenes arídicos

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