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drylands /ˈdrʌɪləndz /plural noun chiefly North AmericanAn arid area; a region with low rainfall: farmers in the drylands who depend on crops such as millet will need seeds that can thrive in a harsher climate (as modifier dryland) dryland agriculture...- There must be a special focus on farming in drylands and unirrigated areas.
- Some of those drylands, like the Atacama of Chile, the Namib and Kalahari deserts of southern Africa, and the western Australian desert, are the result of cold oceanic currents that divert rain-laden air away from coastlines.
- Bill, a contractor who grew up in nearby Huntington Beach, brags about the pre-eminence of BMX here in the drylands of Riverside County.
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