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Desert

A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one-third of the land surface of the Earth is arid or semi-arid. This includes much of the polar regions, where little precipitation…

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Etymology

Major deserts

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Ecology and biogeography

Human relations

Deserts on other planets

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Desert

Nodes429
Edges428
Triples373
Avg. degree2
Density0.004662
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related to In culture · 34
Desert → Afghanistan, An, Another, Antoine, Arabia, Arabia Deserta, Arabian, Arabs, British, Central Asia, Charles Montagu Doughty's, China, Deserts, Earth, Freya Stark, Gertrude Bell, In, It, Marco Polo, Middle East
related to Water · 34
Desert → Andes, Antofagasta, Atacama, Atacama Desert, Chilean, Chilean Coast Range, Colorado River, Earth, Egypt, Evidence, Humboldt Current, It, Kharga Oasis, Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan Desert, Most, Nevertheless, One, Pacific, Quaternary
related to history · 26
Desert → Aborigines, Agadez, Atlantic, Australia, Berbers, Bilma, Bushmen, Egypt, Kalahari, Many, Mediterranean, North American Indians, Other, People, Sahara, Sahel, Several, Taoudenni, The, The Sahara
related to Natural resource extraction · 22
Desert → American, Atacama Desert, Australia, Chile, Death Valley, Deserts, Evaporation, Evaporites, For, Geological, Geologists, Ghawar, Iran, Leaching, Many, Oil, Other, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Similarly
related to Classification · 21
Desert → Alaska, Alaska's Brooks Range, Antarctic, Arctic, Arizona, As, Deserts, Earth's, Evapotranspiration, For, Himalayas, In, Other, PE, Phoenix, Polar, Potential, Rates, The, The North Slope
related to Warfare · 20
Desert → AD, Arab, Arabian Peninsula, British, By, First World War, Hejaz, In, Islamic, Lawrence's, Many, Muslim Arab, Ottoman Turks, Persian, Roman, Seven Pillars, The Arabs, The Turks, Turks, Wisdom
related to Flora · 17
Desert → C4, Cacti, CO2, Gondwana, It, Many, North, Opening, Photosynthesis, Plants, Problems, Saguaro, Some, Sonoran Desert, South America, The, When
related to Solar energy capture · 17
Desert → Ben-Gurion University, Desertec Industrial Initiative, Deserts, Europe, European, Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, Large, Many, Mediterranean Sea, Mojave Desert, North African, Professor David Faiman, Sahara Desert, Solar Energy Generating Systems, The, The Sahara, The Sahara Desert
related to Farming · 16
Desert → AD, Azospirillum, BC, Iron Age, It, Mexico, Native Americans, North Africa, Once, Sonoran Desert, Techniques, The Hohokam, The Judean Desert, They, Traditional, United States
related to Dust storms and sandstorms · 15
Desert → As, At, China, Denser, Dust, In, Once, Sand, Sandstorms, Suspension, The, Their, These, They, When

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deserts water precipitation sand surface may wind plants many form cold temperature large areas particles often ground rain dunes found

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Desertis alandscape where little precipitation occurs and0.90text
Desertis aregion of land that is very dry because it receives low amounts of precipitation0.90text
Desertis alargest known accumulation of fossil water0.90text
Desertis aexample0.90text
the Sahara Desertinstance ofMost deserts on Earth0.80text
Grand Australian Desertinstance ofMost deserts on Earth0.80text
the Great Basin Desertinstance ofMost deserts on Earth0.80text
occur in low altitudes.WaterOne of the driest places on Earth is the Atacama Desertinstance ofMost deserts on Earth0.80text
Alaska are much lower because of the lack of heat to aid in the evaporation process.Deserts are sometimes classified asinstance ofRates of evapotranspiration in cold regions0.80text
McMurdo Dry Valleys remain ice-free because of the dry katabatic winds that flow downhill from the surrounding mountainsinstance ofor may be scorchingly hot by day and very cold by night as is true of the northeastern slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.Polar deserts0.80text
dead zonesinstance ofbut also hypoxic or anoxic waters0.80text
the addax antelopeinstance ofSpecies0.80text

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