...the area corresponds to the extremely arid region and arid region (narrow sense) in the currently most widely cited map of arid regions by P. Meigs. There are also arid regions in high latitudes such as Antarctica and high mountain regions, which are called cold deserts, but these regions are often not included in the "desert" category because the characteristics of cold regions are more pronounced than those of arid regions. *Some of the terminology that refers to "cold desert" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…その範囲は現在,最も広く引用されているメグズP.Meigsの乾燥地域分布図のうち,極乾燥地域と乾燥地域(狭義の)に相当する。南極などの高緯度地域や高山地域にも乾燥した地域が見られ,寒冷地砂漠と呼ばれているが,この地域は乾燥地域の特性より寒冷地域の特性の方が著しいために〈砂漠〉に含められないことが多い。 ※「寒冷地砂漠」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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