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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > soil science > soil physics > soil water regimes > aridic regimes
Preferred Term:

aridic regimes

Definition:
The aridic moisture regime has limited plant available water since the soil is dry for at least half of the growing season and is moist for less than 90 consecutive days. This regime is characteristic of arid zones.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
soil water regimes
Entry Terms:
  • torric regimes
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/12171
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2012-11-30