noun. An area receiving relatively little rainfall, such as a savanna or prairie, or almost no rainfall at all, such as a desert.

noun. land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert.

"Self-patterning of vegetation has been identified in dryland ecosystems worldwide, such as the “tiger striped” savanna of the African Sahel and the banded shrublands of Australia."

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