1.   Please have some pity on the area, which is the arid land area of the country.

2.   The presence of such oases made human travel and nomadic existence possible in arid lands.

3.   An oasis in an arid land, it is among the biological treasures of North America, with one of the largest varieties of creatures on Earth.

4.   But the nights got colder, the land more arid and food scarcer.

5.   But there are others, beautiful blooming plants adapted to arid lands.

6.   Conditions are already harsh in the arid land, which is roughly the size of Texas.

7.   He engineered a water course through the arid land, with pools, fountains and statuary of his own creation.

8.   In Mexico, water from the Rio Conchos and the rivers that feed it transform arid land into verdant fields of alfalfa, melons and chile peppers.

9.   In this arid land of conflict and memory, even Christmas trees bend with the weight of history.

10.   In the region of Mongolia where Makovicky found the desert fossil, the arid land was far different millions of years ago, Norell said.