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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

Triassic Period

Natural environment; Deserts

208 to 245 million years ago when large predatory reptiles (dinosaurs) evolved.

Upland Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

(See Arizona Upland Desert.)

Vizcaino Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

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

Yuha Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

That portion of the Sonoran Desert between Ocotillo and El Centro, California, south across the Mexican border.

Yuma Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

That portion of the Sonoran Desert just east of the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona.

Tanami Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

The Tanami Desert is a desert in northern Australia situated in the Northern Territory. It has a rocky terrain with small hills. The Tanami was the Northern Territory's final frontier and was not ...

Blue Desert

Natural environment; Deserts

The Blue Desert is an area of the Sinai Desert near the Red Sea resort of Dahab, where a number of rocks are painted blue. The climate max is 36*cThis piece of art was created in 1980 when, following ...

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