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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. soil science
  3. soil physics
  4. soil water regimes
  5. aridic regimes

Preferred term

aridic regimes

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • torric regimes

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/12171

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