desert extends from the Volga to the Altai Mountains and from the plains in western Siberia to oases and desert in Central Asia www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/b_mp.html
desert dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters www.exxun.com/Kuwait/b_mp.html
desert more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert www.exxun.com/Libya/b_mp.html
desert Mali is among the poorest countries in the world, with 65% of its land area desert or semidesert and with a highly unequal distribution of income. Economic activity is largely confined to ... www.exxun.com/Mali/e_ec.html
desert desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty www.exxun.com/Mauritania/b_mp.html
desert high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert www.exxun.com/Mexico/b_mp.html
desert vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central www.exxun.com/Mongolia/b_mp.html
Desert first country in the world to incorporate the protection of the environment into its constitution; some 14% of the land is protected, including virtually the entire Namib Desert coastal strip www.exxun.com/Namibia/b_mp.html
desert landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world; northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture www.exxun.com/Niger/b_mp.html
desert dry desert; hot, humid along coast; hot, dry interior; strong southwest summer monsoon (May to September) in far south www.exxun.com/Oman/b_mp.html
desert mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north www.exxun.com/Pakistan/b_mp.html
desert varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes www.exxun.com/Peru/b_mp.html
desert mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and gravel www.exxun.com/Qatar/b_mp.html
desert harsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/b_mp.html
desert principally desert; northeast monsoon (December to February), moderate temperatures in north and hot in south; southwest monsoon (May to October), torrid in the north and hot in the south, irregular rainfall, hot ... www.exxun.com/Somalia/b_mp.html
desert generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in far south, northeast and west; desert dominates the north www.exxun.com/Sudan/b_mp.html
desert mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus www.exxun.com/Syria/b_mp.html
desert temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south www.exxun.com/Tunisia/b_mp.html
desert landlocked; the western and central low-lying desolate portions of the country make up the great Garagum (Kara-Kum) desert, which occupies over 80% of the country; eastern part is plateau www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/b_mp.html
desert Turkmenistan is a largely desert country with intensive agriculture in irrigated oases and large gas and oil resources. One-half of its irrigated land is planted in cotton; formerly it was the ... www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/e_ec.html
desert flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert wasteland; mountains in east www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/b_mp.html
desert ... 30 years ago, the UAE has undergone a profound transformation from an impoverished region of small desert principalities to a modern state with a high standard of living. The government has increased ... www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/e_ec.html
desert mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya, Syr Darya (Sirdaryo), and Zarafshon; Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan ... www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/b_mp.html
desert mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast www.exxun.com/WesternSahara/b_mp.html
desert narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula www.exxun.com/Yemen/b_mp.html
desertification ... natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification; air and water pollution www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/b_mp.html
Desertification party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements www.exxun.com/Albania/b_mp.html
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