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Arid vs Badlands - What's the difference?

arid | badlands |

As an adjective arid

is very dry.

As a noun badlands is

(geomorphology) an arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.

arid

English

Adjective

(en-adj) (wikipedia arid)
  • Very dry.
  • Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
  • Devoid of value.
  • Quotations

    * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 37 *: Such occupations might have seemed arid to those who did not possess the intellect to appreciate their subtleties.

    See also

    * semiarid

    Anagrams

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    badlands

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (geomorphology) An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.
  • Synonyms

    * desert * moonscape *