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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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Deserts

Precambrian Era

Natural environment; Deserts

Prior to the Paleozoic Era, 570 millions years ago.

Red Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

The semiarid region of southwestern Wyoming, sometimes considered an extension of the Great Basin Desert.

Sevier Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

A subdivision of the Great Basin desert just northwest of Delta in south-central Utah.

Smoke Creek Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

A subdivision of the Great Basin Desert located in northwestern Nevada abutting the north end of Pyramid Lake.

Sonoran Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

A relatively small region of extreme south-central California and most of the southern half of Arizona, east to almost the New Mexico line.

Southern Mojave Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

The Mojave south of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Trans-Pecos Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

The Chihuahuan Desert west of Texas' Pecos River.

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