- A
desert is a
landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently,
living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation...
- key phases:
Operation Desert Shield,
which marked the
military buildup from
August 1990 to
January 1991; and
Operation Desert Storm,
which began with...
- /səˈhɛrə/) is a
desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000
square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it is the
largest hot
desert in the world...
- The Gobi
Desert (Mongolian: Говь, ᠭᠣᠪᠢ, /ˈɡoʊbi/; Chinese: 戈壁; pinyin: gēbì) is a large, cold
desert and gr****land
region located in
northern China and...
- The
Taklamakan Desert (/ˌtækləməˈkæn/ TAK-lə-mə-KAN) is a
desert in
northwest China's
Xinjiang region.
Located inside the
Tarim Basin in
Southern Xinjiang...
- The Thar
Desert, also
known as the
Great Indian Desert, is an arid
region in the north-western part of the
Indian subcontinent that
covers an area of...
- The
Mojave Desert (/moʊˈhɑːvi, mə-/ ; Mohave:
Hayikwiir Mat'aar; Spanish:
Desierto de Mojave) is a
desert in the rain
shadow of the
southern Sierra Nevada...
- The
Sonoran Desert (Spanish:
Desierto de Sonora) is a hot
desert and
ecoregion in
North America that
covers the
northwestern Mexican states of Sonora,...
- The
Desert Fathers were
early Christian hermits and ascetics, who
lived primarily in the
Scetes desert of the
Roman province of Egypt,
beginning around...
- Look up
désert in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Désert may
refer to: "
Désert" (Émilie
Simon song), 2002
Désert (novel), a 1980
novel by J. M. G. Le...
