5 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Natural environment > Deserts
Deserts
Terms in relation to a type of cimate that has high average temperature, low average annual rainfall, and very few vegetation.
Industry: Natural environment
Add a new termContributors in Deserts
Deserts
Mesozoic Era
Natural environment; Deserts
66 to 245 million years ago, includes the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Triassic Periods.
Mojave Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
A portion of southern Nevada, extreme southwestern Utah and of eastern California, north of the Sonoran Desert.
North American Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
The vast arid region between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada of western North America, encompassing all four major American deserts
Painted Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
(1) A narrow desert strip running west of the Grand Canyon, north-to-south along U.S. Route 89, then turning east along Interstate 40 to just beyond Petrified Forest National Monument. (2) The entire ...
Pangea
Natural environment; Deserts
The super continent that broke apart 200 million years ago to form the present continents.
