The world’s arid lands are some of the most beautiful landscapes on Earth, and their paucity of vegetation often makes it possible to see landforms and structures with great clarity (Figure 1.1). In addition, they have many characteristics both in terms of landforms and geomorphological processes that render them different from other major environments (see, for example, Laity, 2008; Parsons an...

Opal phytoliths, as silicon dioxide inclusions, are abundant in different parts of a plant. It is known that grasses the most representative this respect. The research removed from 25 common grass species arid and semiarid lands Junggar Basin adjacent areas, has been undertaken. visual estimation diversity variability silica cells identification their morphological types (patterns) were also ai...

With the rising demand for food products and direct impact of climate change on production in many parts world, recent years have seen growing interest subject security role rainfed farming this area. Machine learning methods can be used to predict crop yield based a combination remote sensing data collected by ground weather stations. This paper argues that forecasting drylands reliable manage...