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The aridity was similar, but possibly less if wheat were actually grown.
In the east, aridity made corn growing and hog rearing increasingly unsustainable activities but wheat now presented a lifeline.
Despite the harshness of the climate (aridity and low-pressure sand storms), a micro-climate prevails in the oasis.
One column showed net annual accumulation (in meters of water equivalent) reflecting annual precipitation to suggest variations in local annual precipitation whereby decreased amounts imply reduced precipitation or relative aridity.
Increasing par ticle concentrations suggest increased aridity.
Increasing aridity encouraged them to become pastoralists.
Nobody goes there now without being impressed with the aridity and squalor of the land.
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