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Deserts

Terms in relation to a type of cimate that has high average temperature, low average annual rainfall, and very few vegetation.

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Colorado Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

The California portion of the Sonoran Desert west of the Colorado River.

Escalante Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

A subdivision of the Great Basin desert just west of Cedar Breaks in southwestern Utah.

Great American Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

An ill-defined, semiarid region of the Great Plains, or, all of the North American deserts combined.

Great Basin Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

The northern three-quarters of Nevada, western and southern Utah, to the southern third of Idaho and the southeastern corner of Oregon. According to some, it also includes small portions of western ...

Great Sandy Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

A subdivision of the Great Basin Desert located in southeastern Oregon.

Jurassic Period

Natural environment; Deserts

Age in which dinosaurs flourished, 144 to 288 million years ago.

Magdalena Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

The Sonoran Desert on the lowest third of the Baja Peninsula.

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