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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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Pangea
Natural environment; Deserts
The super continent that broke apart 200 million years ago to form the present continents.
Red Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
The semiarid region of southwestern Wyoming, sometimes considered an extension of the Great Basin Desert.
Sevier Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
A subdivision of the Great Basin desert just northwest of Delta in south-central Utah.
Smoke Creek Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
A subdivision of the Great Basin Desert located in northwestern Nevada abutting the north end of Pyramid Lake.
Sonoran Desert
Natural environment; Deserts
A relatively small region of extreme south-central California and most of the southern half of Arizona, east to almost the New Mexico line.
