Maintaining a regular income is a constant battle as the climate in this semi-arid country is prone to severe, freezing winters and extremely dry summers.

蒙古位于半干旱地区，其气候易受严寒天气和极其干旱夏季天气的影响，正因为如此，牧民们总是要想方设法地维持稳定收入。

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The Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys (Geochelone) pardalis is a large grazing species that favors semi-arid (not dry), thorny to grassland habitats.

豹纹龟（龟）是一种大型的放牧物种，出现在有利半干旱（不干），棘手的草原栖息地。

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Solid water affords a new approach to drought resistant planting in arid and semi arid area.

固体水为干旱、半干旱地区的抗旱造林提供了一种新的途径。

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One area of concern is the Sahel, a vast semi-arid area south of the Sahara desert.

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Semi-arid California would seem a logical place to regulate water efficiency.

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The Bank claims that exploiting oil resources is one of the few development options open to Chad, where 80% of the people live on less than a dollar a day, and 90% of the country is desert or semi-arid.

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