dry climate
Low humidity region
A dry climate is a regional weather pattern characterized by low precipitation and high evaporation rates, where moisture loss exceeds rainfall.
Deserts and steppes have dry climates.
The term appears in geography and climate classification: Phoenix has a dry climate, so you rarely need an umbrella.
Opposite of humid or wet climate.
- aridityAbsence of moisture
- desertTo leave behind completely
- parched earthSeverely dried-out ground
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- water scarcityInsufficient freshwater for demand
irrigation · rain shadow · evaporation · low humidity · xerophyte · steppe · water conservation · nomadism · succulents · salinization · desertification · dew point · chaparral · sand dunes · cacti · sparse vegetation · arid region · adobe architecture
- Northern MexicoChihuahua, Ciudad Juarez, Juarez, Sierra Madre, Sonora
- desert oasispalm trees, date palms, well, water source, oasis
- drynessarid, aridity, dehydrated, desiccated, desiccation
- climatestropical, subtropical, temperate forest, equatorial, continental
- moisture needsxeric, mesic, hydric, arid, humid
- North ChinaBeijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Great Wall