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• Drylands — are areas with low amounts of water in the soil. These include arid lands, where the rate of evapotranspiration exceeds the rate of precipitation; and semi arid lands where precipitation is low enough that water acts as the major limiting factor… …   Wikipedia

• Drylands (novel) — Drylands   Author(s) Thea Astley Country …   Wikipedia

• Drylands Vesper Mouse — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 2.3) Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

• Michael Mortimore — (born 1937) is a British geographer and a prolific researcher of issues in the African drylands. He was an academic in Nigerian universities for over 25 years. He runs a British research consultancy, Drylands Research. He is best known for an… …   Wikipedia

• Desertification — Lake Chad in a 2001 satellite image, with the actual lake in blue. The lake has shrunk by 95% since the 1960s.[1] Desertification is the degradation of land in drylands …   Wikipedia

• Thea Astley — Infobox Person name = Thea Beatrice May Astley image size = caption = birth date = birth date|1925|8|25|df=y birth place = Brisbane death date = death date and age|2004|8|17|1925|8|25|df=y death place = Byron Bay death cause = residence = other… …   Wikipedia

• Mars in the fiction of Leigh Brackett — The planet Mars appears frequently as a setting for many of the stories of Leigh Brackett, and Mars and Martians are frequently mentioned in other stories of the Leigh Brackett Solar System. Brackett s Mars shares some characteristics with the… …   Wikipedia

• Farming Systems in India — File:Namgyal india 1.jpg Namgyal Monestary Institution India Shubham comprises various farming systems that are strategically utilized, according to the locations where they are most suitable. The farming systems that significantly contribute to… …   Wikipedia

• Mihir Shah — Born November 25, 1956 (1956 11 25) (age 54) Gujarat Residence New Delhi, India Nationality Indian Mihir Shah (Gujarati: मिहिर शाह (born November 25 …   Wikipedia

• desertification — /dəˌzɜtəfəˈkeɪʃən/ (say duh.zertuhfuh kayshuhn) noun the process by which once productive land in arid, semi arid and parts of the sub humid zone is turned into desert, especially by such practices as overstocking and removal of plant life which… …