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unusual facts about arid region



Triops australiensis

australiensis inhabits temporary pools of water in the arid regions of the Australian outback.


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Anarta engedina

It is found in the arid region of 'En Gedi and in the semi-arid region in the upper elevations of the Judean desert near Alon and Kfar Gedi.

Atbarah River

In 1964, the river was dammed by the Khashm el Girba Dam near Kassala in Sudan to provide irrigation up to the newly built town of Halfa Dughaym in an otherwise fairly arid region and to resettle the Sudanese population driven away by the Aswan High Dam (Sad al-Aali) in Egypt, which flooded 500 km of the Nile Valley in southern Egypt and northern Sudan.

Dew

Large scale dew harvesting systems have been made by Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) with the participation of the International Organisation for Dew Utilization (OPUR) at coastal semi arid region Kutch.

Hyderabad-Karnataka

The Hyderabad-Karanataka region comprises Gulbarga, Yadgir, Raichur, Koppal, Bidar and Bellary districts in the present state of Karnataka, The Hyderabad-Karanataka region is the second largest arid region in India.