Semi-arid climate
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A semi-arid climate or steppe climate is the climate of a region that receives precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-arid climates, depending on variables such as temperature, and they give rise to different biomes.
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See also
- Continental climate
- Dust Bowl (an era of devastating dust storms, mostly in the 1930s, in semi-arid areas on the Great Plains of the United States and Prairies of Canada)
- Goyder's Line (a boundary marking the limit of semi-arid climates in the Australian state of South Australia)
- Köppen climate classification
- Palliser's Triangle (semi-arid area of Canada)
- Ustic (Soil Moisture Regime)
- Wave height
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