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)
Descritor em francês:
Zone Semiaride
Código(s) hierárquico(s):
SP4.707.368.780.969.378.643
Nota de escopo:
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)
