1) Area of limited growth 2) Geographic area 3) Geographic region 4) Geographical area 5) Geographical region 6) Rather arid region 
(from the article `Asia`) Through inner Kazakhstan and Mongolia stretches a zone of semidesert, and in Middle Asia, the Junggar (Dzungarian) Basin, the Takla Makan Desert, and ... The wooded-steppe and grass-steppe vegetation zones are confined primarily to southwestern Russia and Ukraine, although they also extend into the ... In Me...
[n] - a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions
noun a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions