Arid Lands Information Network — EAstern Africa (ALIN EA) is a Kenya based organisation that seeks to exchange ideas and experiences among grassroots change agents . It sees its goal as enabling such grassroot change agents to learn from one another, through capacity building… … Wikipedia
Arid Lands Ecology Reserve — The Arid Land Ecology Reserve is the largest tract of shrub steppe ecosystem remaining in the U.S. state of Washington. It is managed for the U.S. Department of Energy by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (which is operated for the U.S.… … Wikipedia
Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden — The Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden is located on the Stuart Highway, 1.4 kilometres north of the Eyre Highway in Port Augusta. The garden was established in the 1980 s [http://www.anbg.gov.au/chabg/bg dir/007.html] , [http://www.australian… … Wikipedia
Arid-zone agriculture — As an area of research and development, arid zone agriculture, or desert agriculture, includes studies of how to increase the agricultural productivity of lands dominated by lack of freshwater, an abundance of heat and sunlight, and usually one… … Wikipedia
Desert Lands Act — A federal statute, commonly called the Carey Act, which sets forth a scheme for aiding the reclamation of arid lands in the public land states. 30 Am J1st Irrig § 101 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Bad Lands — arid plateau, South Dakota and Nebraska. also Bad lands … Webster's Gazetteer
Dominion Lands Act — The Dominion Lands Act (short for An Act Respecting the Public Lands of the Dominion) was an 1872 Canadian law that aimed to encourage the settlement of Canada s Prairie provinces. It was closely based on the United States Homestead Act, setting… … Wikipedia
Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… … Universalium
Desert — Not to be confused with dessert. This article is about dry terrain. For the act of abandoning or withdrawing support, see desertion. For other uses, see Desert (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Sonora — For other uses, see Sonora (disambiguation). Sonora Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora State … Wikipedia