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  2. Category:Deserts of South America by country - Wikipedia

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    Category: Deserts of South America by country. 2 languages. ... Deserts of Venezuela (3 P) This page was last edited on 11 June 2020, at 19:54 (UTC). Text ...

  3. List of deserts - Wikipedia

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    Lieberose Desert - a desert on a former military training ground in southern Brandenburg, Germany; Melnik Desert Canyon – a canyon in Bulgaria. Oltenian Sahara – area of desertification in Oltenia, Romania. The Stone Desert – rock formation in Bulgaria. Red Desertdesert-like region in South Africa.

  4. List of deserts by area - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above 50,000 km 2 (19,300 sq mi). Some of Earth 's biggest non-polar deserts

  5. Tropical desert - Wikipedia

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    Sodium nitrate forms through the evaporation of water in desert areas. The richest cache of sodium nitrate is located in South America; approximately 3 million metric tons were mined during World War I. It was the earliest food preservative, and is still used today to cure fish and meat to produce bacon, ham, sausage and deli meats.

  6. Geography of South America - Wikipedia

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    The terminator is visible in this panoramic view across central South America. The geography of South America contains many diverse regions and climates. Geographically, South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the landmass of the Americas, south and east of the Colombia–Panama border by most ...

  7. Deserts and xeric shrublands - Wikipedia

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    The Nama Karoo of Namibia has the world's richest desert fauna. [8] The Chihuahuan desert and Central Mexican matorral are the richest deserts in the Neotropics. [9] The Carnarvon xeric shrublands of Australia are a regional center for endemism. [1] The Sonoran and Baja deserts of Mexico are unusual desert communities dominated by giant ...

  8. South America - Wikipedia

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    The indigenous population is also a significant element in most other countries in South America. People who identify as of primarily or totally European descent, or identify their phenotype as corresponding to such group, are a majority in Uruguay, [90] Argentina [91] and Chile (64.7%), [92] and are 43.5% of the population in Brazil.

  9. Category:Geography of South America - Wikipedia

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    Deserts of South America ... Maps of South America (1 C, ... List of highest points of South American countries; M. Mérida Province (1622–1676) ...