Search
Descriptor English: Semi-Arid Zone
Descriptor Spanish: Zona Semiárida
Descriptor zona semiárida
Scope note: Zona que bordea una región árida, en la cual las precipitaciones son insuficientes (cociente de aridez 1 sobre 7) para mantener la agricultura, y donde se requieren métodos artificiales de riego para poder cultivar. Es especialmente propensa a sufrir incendios extensos. (Traducción libre del original: Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Descriptor Portuguese: Zona Semiárida
Descriptor French: Zone Semiaride
Tree number(s): SP4.707.368.780.969.378.643
Scope note: Zone, bordering an arid region, in which the precipitation is insufficient (dryness ratio 1 to 7) to maintain agriculture and where artificial irrigation is needed if cultivation is to be carried out. Particularly prone to extensive fire disaster. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Conservation of Natural Resources MeSH
Desert Climate MeSH
DeCS ID: 35116
Unique ID: DDCS035116
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Semi-Arid Zone - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060972
Scope note Zone, bordering an arid region, in which the precipitation is insufficient (dryness ratio 1 to 7) to maintain agriculture and where artificial irrigation is needed if cultivation is to be carried out. Particularly prone to extensive fire disaster. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Preferred term Semi-Arid Zone



We want your feedback on the new DeCS / MeSH website

We invite you to complete a survey that will take no more than 3 minutes.

Go to survey