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A desert is an area where little or no life exists because of a lack of water. Scientists estimate that about one-fifth of the earth's land surface is desert. Deserts can be found on every…Texas Desert: The Chihuahuan Desert
Source: iStockThe Chihuahuan Desert is the largest in North America, covering around 200,000 square miles of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Texas is the largest state on the US…Desert Blue
Director/Writer: Morgan J. Freeman Samuel Goldwyn Films; R; 87 minutesRelease: Brendan Sexton III, Kate Hudson, John Heard, Christina Ricci/99Cast: Brendan Sexton III, Kate Hudson, John Heard…Passion in the Desert
Director/Producer:Lavinia CurrierWriters:Lavinia Currier and Martin EdmundsDirector of Photography:Alexei RodionovEditor:Nicolas GasterMusic:Jose NietoProduction Designer:Amanda McArthurFine…World's Largest Desert
The Question: What is the largest desert in the world? The Answer: The largest (nonpolar) desert in the world is the Sahara, in north Africa, which spans an area measured at roughly 3.5…World's Oldest Desert
The Question: What is the world's oldest desert, and in which country is it located? The Answer: The Namib Desert in Namibia is…Brewer's: Fleet of the Desert
A caravan. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Flemish AccountFleet Street A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Brewer's: Ship of the Desert
The camel. Three thousand camels his rank pastures fed, Arabia's wandering ships, for traffic bred. G.Sandys: Paraphrase from Job (1610). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Stephen Crane: On the desert
On the desert A silence from the moon's deepest valley. Fire rays fall athwart the robes Of hooded men, squat and dumb. Before them, a woman Moves to the blowing of shrill whistles And…Principal Deserts of the World
Deserts are arid regions, generally receiving less than ten inches of precipitation a year, or regions where the potential evaporation rate is twice as great as the precipitation. The world'…Trending
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