Subhumid

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  • adj. Having a humidity typical of grassland or prairie
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Humid below the normal; having less than the normal or necessary amount of moisture. The subhumid region of the United States includes portions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, where irrigation is sometimes necessary to successful farming.
  • Word Usage
    "Natural vegetation in this semiarid to dry-subhumid area is mostly short grass prairie; there is also mesquite – buffalograss in the southwest, sand sagebrush – bluestem prairie on dunes, and juniper – pinyon woodland in the western Panhandle."
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