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|Meaning="Any area in the high latitudes dominated by bare rocks, [[ice]], or [[snow]], and having a sparse  vegetation and a low annual [[precipitation]]." [from ''Glossary of Arctic and Subarctic Terms'' (1955)].
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|Explanation=Thus stated, this includes portions of both [[ice cap]] and [[tundra]] regions of both hemispheres. The  term [[barrens]] is sometimes used, but this has more general application.<br/> Arctic, Desert, Tropic Information Center (ADTIC) Research Studies Institute 1955. Glossary of Arctic and Subarctic  Terms. ADTIC Pub. A-105, Maxwell AFB, AL, . 90 pp.  
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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">"Any area in the high latitudes dominated by bare rocks, [[ice]], or [[snow]], and having a sparse  vegetation and a low annual [[precipitation]]." [from ''Glossary of Arctic and Subarctic Terms'' (1955)].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Thus stated, this includes portions of both [[ice cap]] and [[tundra]] regions of both hemispheres. The  term [[barrens]] is sometimes used, but this has more general application.</div><br/> </div><div class="reference">Arctic, Desert, Tropic Information Center (ADTIC) Research Studies Institute 1955. Glossary of Arctic and Subarctic  Terms. ADTIC Pub. A-105, Maxwell AFB, AL, . 90 pp. </div><br/>
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"Any area in the high latitudes dominated by bare rocks, ice, or snow, and having a sparse vegetation and a low annual precipitation." [from Glossary of Arctic and Subarctic Terms (1955)].

Thus stated, this includes portions of both ice cap and tundra regions of both hemispheres. The term barrens is sometimes used, but this has more general application.
Arctic, Desert, Tropic Information Center (ADTIC) Research Studies Institute 1955. Glossary of Arctic and Subarctic Terms. ADTIC Pub. A-105, Maxwell AFB, AL, . 90 pp.

A region where precipitation is insufficient to support any except xerophilous (drought resistant) vegetation; a region of extreme aridity.

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