Definitions

1. Deserts are dry, receiving less than 25 cm (9 in) of rainfall every year. (Web site)
2. Deserts are characterized by dry conditions (usually less than 10 inches per year; 25 cm) and a wide temperature range.
3. The deserts are located in the western part of the province: the most famous and visited ones are the Badain Jaran Desert, Tengger Desert and Kubuqi Desert.
4. Many deserts are formed by rain shadows, as mountains block the path of moisture and precipitation to the desert. (Web site)
5. Cold deserts are in places like Antarctica and Greenland.

Namib Deserts

1. The lower Orange River flows through the southern part of the Kalahari and Namib deserts; in very dry years it does not reach the sea. (Web site)

Eastern Deserts

1. The majority of its land is in the arid western and eastern deserts, separated by the country's dominant feature, the Nile River. (Web site)

Living Martyrdom

1. Institutional Christian monasticism seems to have begun in the deserts in 3rd century Egypt as a kind of living martyrdom.

Growing Deserts

1. And worse, the growing deserts are gaining momentum, occupying an ever-larger piece of China's territory each year. (Web site)

Afghans Fighting

1. They are basically heroic pictures of a few Afghans fighting in the deserts. (Web site)

Arabian Deserts

1. Syria embraced all countries from the eastern coasts of the Mediterranean to the Arabian deserts.

African Deserts

1. They came from Greece and Asia Minor and Syria, as well as from Gaul and the African deserts.

Barren Deserts

1. Players will encounter hundreds of creatures as they travel across majestic landscapes of rolling hills, barren deserts, dense forests, and bustling cities.

Mexican Deserts

1. Iltis, H. H. 1999. Setchellanthaceae (Capparales), a new family for a relictual, glucosinolate-producing endemic of the Mexican deserts.

American Southwest

1. The life and times John Wesley Powell, a one-armed college professor with a thirst for knowledge who explored the deserts of the American Southwest. (Web site)
2. The black widow spider also occurs throughout all four deserts of the American southwest.

Empty Quarter Deserts

1. Nejd is a plateau bounded by the Nefud, Dahna, and Empty Quarter deserts, as well as by the mountains of Hejaz and 'Asir.

Semi-Deserts

1. Informative resource concerning cacti and other succulents that thrive in the deserts and semi-deserts of mainly the western hemisphere.

Mid-Latitude Deserts

1. This climate generally has similar temperature characteristics as mid-latitude deserts. (Web site)

Iranian Deserts

1. She said that she wanted to be near the kavir (desert), and that she has visited all Iranian deserts and loves Yazd in particular.
2. Baluchi Tribes: Their language is pure Persian and they are scattered in a vast area from the Pakistan border to the Iranian deserts.

Sandy Deserts

1. The plateau is a land of spectacular canyonlands, volcanic peaks, and sandy deserts. (Web site)

North American Deserts

1. Mammals are usually small, like the kangaroo mice of North American deserts. (Web site)

Dry Deserts

1. Then follows desolate barrenness of Baluchistan and the hot, dry deserts of Sindh blending into miles and miles of golden beaches of Makran coast.

Xeric Shrublands

1. Central Asia also contains the Montane grasslands and shrublands, Deserts and xeric shrublands and Temperate coniferous forests biomes. (Web site)
2. Deserts and xeric shrublands is a biome characterized by a dry climate.

Hot Deserts

1. Winds from hot deserts typically push hot, dry air towards areas normally cooler than during a heat wave.
2. Most succulents do not tolerate freezing temperatures so they are essentially limited to the hot deserts.

China

1. Deserts and steppes lie across the northwest and north central parts of China. (Web site)
2. China is at war with expanding deserts. (Web site)

Southwest

1. Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac can be found in most areas of the U.S., except Alaska, Hawaii, and the deserts of the Southwest. (Web site)

Biomes

1. The world contains many other biomes: grasslands, deserts, and mountains, to name a few. (Web site)
2. The major biomes are the lake itself, which is an aquatic biome, and the surrounding region, which is classified as Deserts and xeric shrublands. (Web site)

Animals

1. Deserts have a varied species of animals that have adapted to the harsh climate of the desert. (Web site)

Northern Syria

1. He went on to fight the Allies in Palestine but was appalled to find thousands of dying Armenian refugees in the deserts of northern Syria. (Web site)

Australia

1. Desert quandong, sweet quandong, or native peach is widely dispersed throughout the central deserts and southern areas of Australia. (Web site)

Middle East

1. The Middle East is primarily arid and semi-arid consisting of grasslands, rangelands, and deserts.[16].

Saudi Arabia

1. In basic training, in the streets of Panama City, in the deserts of Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and in fact, all over the U.S. military, there were D&D players. (Web site)

West

1. Juniper Ridge incenses are the only incenses anywhere made with 100% real leaves, wood and resins from the mountains and deserts of the West.
2. It gradually diminishes toward the west and north, so that in the true deserts of the northwest it is usually less than 0.4 of an inch (10 mm).
3. The Western Desert refers to a large tract of desert in the west of Australia, comprising the Gibson Desert, the Great Sandy and Little Sandy Deserts.

Coasts

1. Rugged, mountainous rim; high, central basin with deserts, mountains; small, discontinuous plains along both coasts. (Web site)
2. Golf courses can be built on sandy areas along coasts, abandoned farms, strip mines and quarries, deserts and forests. (Web site)

California

1. This April 15, 2001, NASA satellite image shows dust arriving in California from Asian deserts. (Web site)

Great Basin

1. The four major North American deserts of this type are the Chihuahuan, Sonoran, Mojave and Great Basin. (Web site)

Utah

1. The major deserts of this type include the sagebrush of Utah, Montana and Great Basin. (Web site)

Sikhs

1. Most of the Sikhs left the plains and sought shelter in the Shivalik hills, Lakhi Jungle and the sandy deserts of Rajputana.

Genus

1. Pogonomyrmex is a genus of harvester ants, occurring primarily in the deserts of North and South America.

Himalayas

1. The Himalayas are also believed to play an important part in the formation of Central Asian deserts such as the Taklamakan and Gobi deserts. (Web site)

Live

1. They are scattered and live in the Mokran region far southeast of the country, a vast area from the Pakistan border to the Iranian deserts. (Web site)

Lichens

1. Lichens are found from deserts to the Arctic and Antarctic regions. (Web site)
2. Lichens occur in some of the most extreme environments on Earth— arctic tundra, hot deserts, rocky coasts and toxic slag heaps. (Web site)

Rivers

1. The diversion and damming of rivers has resulted in drought, and in deserts where lush ecosystems once thrived.

Battle

1. This battle was over, the Vandals fled westward into the deserts of Numidia as a path to Carthage was blocked by the Romans. (Web site)
2. According to Herodotus, Cyrus met his death in a battle with the Massagetae, a tribe from the southern deserts of Kharesm and Kizilhoum. (Web site)

Camel

1. Fly on magical carpets, hop on a camel and explore vast deserts, battle to the death with a renegade sorcerer.
2. This tea is reminiscent of the teas that were carried by camel across the Asian deserts to Russia.

Salads

1. Full-service coffee shop, serving breakfast, sandwiches, salads, deserts, espresso and cappuccino. (Web site)

Precipitation

1. However, mid-latitude steppe climates do receive slightly more precipitation than mid-latitude deserts. (Web site)

Part

1. In ancient times Berber people inhabited deserts and mountains of North Africa west of Egypt, which was part of the Roman Empire.
2. Lanzarote is popular in part for its year-round average temperature of 22°C. Lanzarote has a striking terrain of volcanic outcrops and dry deserts.

Pangaea

1. Hot, dry conditions prevail elsewhere on Pangaea, and deserts become widespread.

Water

1. For this reason, for frogs to survive in deserts or drought prone regions, where water may not be accessible for many years, other adaptations must suffice. (Web site)

Vegetation

1. The vegetation of the deserts is scanty, patchy, and specially adapted to the conditions; plants tend to be fleshy and leafless, such as the cactus.

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