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semidesert [¦sem·i′dez·ərt] (ecology) An area intermediate in character and often located between a desert and a grassland or woodland. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The seroprevalence was lower in the east of the Sahelian area (Djibouti, 9%), where the climate is arid and the vegetation is semidesert, and in the sub-Sahelian area (3%-30%), where the vegetation is tropical rain forest or woodland savanna in a humid or semihumid climate. In which part of Afghanistan would you expect to find desert or semidesert land? Our semidesert climate is not hospitable to most frogs, and many species have gone extinct in the last 25 years either because of lost habitat or the spread of exotic invader species that eat or out-compete native frogs. |
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