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The semi-arid tropics (SAT) are defined in the context of Troll’s (1965) vegetation zone delineation as the region within the tropics where the mean monthly rainfall exceeds mean potential evapotranspiration during 2 to 7 months of the year. Within this region the areas where this excess lasts for 2 to 4.5 months are characterized by thorn Savannah vegetation and those where it lasts for 4.5 to 7 months are characterized by dry Savannah; these are called the dry SAT and wet-dry SAT, respectively.
Journal Article No. JA 383, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, A.P., India.
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El-Swaify, S.A., Pathak, P., Rego, T.J., Singh, S. (1985). Soil Management for Optimized Productivity Under Rainfed Conditions in the Semi-Arid Tropics. In: Stewart, B.A. (eds) Advances in Soil Science. Advances in Soil Science, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5046-3_1
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