very dry Anglais:

Water from the Great Lakes is pumped to arid regions. My mind was arid, all inspiration gone.

arid landscape

more arid than the Sahara

The desert is so arid that nothing can grow there.

like arid deserts of Africa

Water from the Great Lakes is pumped to arid regions.

It's also very arid – or dry.

The crops will not grow in the arid ground because the soil is too dry

I saw animal skeleton in arid red desert. an arid climate

But once there, traversing the arid desert plains and breaking bread with the indigenous peoples, inspiration struck.

Water shortages have spread beyond the traditionally arid areas.