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The arid and semi-arid zones are widely recognised to constitute those areas which receive less than 250 mm annual average rainfall on the southern margin and, in the north where evaporation is greater, less than 500 mm (Williams and Calaby 1985; Figure 3.1). We adopt this definition and the boundaries shown by Williams and Calaby.
