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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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Great Sandy Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
A subdivision of the Great Basin Desert located in southeastern Oregon.
Jurassic Period
Natural environment; Deserts
Age in which dinosaurs flourished, 144 to 288 million years ago.
Magdalena Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
The Sonoran Desert on the lowest third of the Baja Peninsula.
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 ...
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