Lexicon - Desert

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predominantly flat to gently rolling tableland; Kalahari Desert in southwest
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broad, arid plains in center, desert in north, mountains in northwest, lowlands in south
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strategic location relative to sea lanes between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage); Atacama Desert is one of world's driest regions
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desert; torrid, dry
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vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta
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... dominated by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands, descending on the east to a coastal desert plain, on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling ...
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mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes ...
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Negev desert in the south; low coastal plain; central mountains; Jordan Rift Valley
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mostly desert plateau in east, highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River
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extends from the Volga to the Altai Mountains and from the plains in western Siberia to oases and desert in Central Asia
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dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters
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more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert
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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 ...
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desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty
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high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert
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vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central
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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
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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
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dry desert; hot, humid along coast; hot, dry interior; strong southwest summer monsoon (May to September) in far south
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mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north
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varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes
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mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and gravel
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harsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes
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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 ...
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generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in far south, northeast and west; desert dominates the north
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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
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temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
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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
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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 ...
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