Arid
Short
Short adjective - Having relatively little height.
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The supposed cost-effectiveness is negated, especially in arid regions where water is in very short supply.
Source: Steam Never Dies -
Another GURPS setting, GURPS Banestorm, features Goblins as short, green humanoids from the mostly arid desert world of Gabrook.
Source: Our Goblins Are Different -
For a time, there was a small population of wild or feral camels in the western United States, thanks to the short-lived efforts of the United States Camel Corps, which used camels to help survey the uncharted (and very arid) American Southwest in the 1850s.
Source: Misplaced Wildlife
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