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An arid region, such as a desert, receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain per year. A semiarid region receives between 10 inches and 20 inches (500 mm) of rain per year on average. They are not the same thing.

Semi-arid is less dry than "dry and arid" which means dry and dry. "Semi-" means half, so something semi-arid is only half as dry as something which is arid.

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