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countable and uncountable, plural drylands
(often attributive) Land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert. quotations examples
Semi-arid cropping systems in India, and to a greater extent in Indo-China and east Indonesia, use dryland or upland rice when possible during the wet season.
1995, C. J. Pearson, D. W. Norman, J. Dixon, Sustainable Dryland Cropping in Relation to Soil Productivity, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization, page 81, UN call number FAO(05)/S6/no.72/ENG