“From the arid climate of the Sahara to the cold wastes of Siberia, man has learnt how to cope in a wide variety of ways with the effects of the atmosphere.”
“He contrasted the great expanses of Lough Mask with the arid land in which his own people lived.”
“Her mere existence had given a sense of meaning to his arid and dull life.”
aridic
(soil science, of a soil) Bordering an arid region