The best defining feature of an arid region is a place where

A) precipitation is less than the amount of water that could have been evaporated or transpired.
B) streams carry little or no water.
C) vegetation is sparse.
D) here is no influence of the intertropical convergence zone.


A) precipitation is less than the amount of water that could have been evaporated or transpired.

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