The name reflects the area which has dry, arid and desert-like conditions.

This was unusual, given the heat and the arid conditions.

Ninety percent of the state has desert or arid conditions.

In extremely arid conditions, it may occur as a small, wiry bush.

The arid conditions of the desert allowed the documents and organic remains to survive.

This genus has found it easy to adapt to arid and especially cold conditions.

The red color is often evidence that the sediments were deposited in arid conditions.

The water loss through their skin varies with temperature and they are able to live in very arid conditions.

Under extremely arid conditions, irrigation takes the place of rainfall.

As a result, several rare species of plant life have taken hold in the comparatively arid conditions.