MR. LOT Fortunately the scrolls have been preserved by the region's extreme aridity.

The coast has been the subject of a number of wildlife documentaries, particularly concerning adaptations to extreme aridity.

Despite usually extreme aridity, some plants, in the form of bryophytes and lichens, can survive in Antarctic oases.

The Atacama Desert coast is subjected to a climate of extreme aridity, therefore generates a low average annual rainfall of 4 mm (1904-1998).

The extreme aridity of the Atacama has been a key factor in the preservation of such archaeological remains.

While some have been damaged that way, most have been preserved by the extreme aridity of the desert.

Desert grassland: Characterized by varying densities of low lying vegetation, grasslands zones cannot support trees due to extreme aridity.

The Antandroy consume less rice than the average Malagasy because of the extreme aridity of Toliara province.

The cause of this migration from summer to winter is possibly due to the extreme aridity of salt-flats during the winter.

No "lengthy" watersheds flow eastwards from California; all are short distance, in the extreme aridity of this desert region.