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A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation exposes the ...
An uninhabited island, desert island, or deserted island, is an island, islet or atoll which lacks permanent human population. Uninhabited islands are often depicted in films or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as stereotypes for the idea of " paradise ".
The Gobi Desert is the fastest expanding desert on Earth, as it transforms over 3,600 square kilometres (1,400 square miles) of grassland into wasteland annually. [58] Although the Gobi Desert itself is still a distance away from Beijing, reports from field studies state there are large sand dunes forming only 70 km (43.5 mi) outside the city.
Sahara Desert – Africa's largest desert and the world's largest hot desert which covers much of North Africa comprising: Ténéré – a desert covering northeastern Niger and western Chad Sahara Desert; Tanezrouft – a desert covering northern Mali, northwestern Niger as well as central and southern Algeria, at the west of the Hoggar Mountains
Namib Desert (Desert Desert – Khoekhoegowab) Nathu La Pass, Sino-Indian border, (Listening Ears Pass Pass – Tibetan) Nesoddtangen, Norway, a triple tautology, consisting of three parts, nes, odd and tangen, all being synonyms signifying a small cape or promontory. Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia – (Eastern Southeastern Islands – Indonesian)
Desert (English band), an English electronic and house music duo "Desert" (Émilie Simon song), a 2002 song from her 2002 album, Émilie Simon. "Desert" (Paces song), a 2016 song by Australian musician Paces featuring Guy Sebastian from their 2016 album, Vacation. "Desert", by D'espairsRay from Mirror; Déserts, a musical composition by Edgard ...
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The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification BWh and BWk) is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over ...