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Bikaner
(Encyclopedia) Bikaner Bikaner bĭkənērˈ [key], former native state, NW India. The state is now part of Rajasthan…Laghouat
(Encyclopedia) LaghouatLaghouatlägwätˈ [key], town (1998 pop. 96,342), N Algeria, an oasis on the north edge of the Sahara Desert. It is an important administrative and military center and…Kyzyl Kum
(Encyclopedia) Kyzyl Kum or Kizil KumKizil Kumboth: kəzŭlˈ k&oomacr;m [key] [Turk.,=red sand], desert, c.115,000 sq mi (297,900 sq km), in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. This vast region SE of the…Maan
(Encyclopedia) MaanMaanməänˈ [key], town (1996 est. pop. 18,000), S Jordan. It is the terminus of the country's main rail line (which extends to Damascus, Syria) and carries on trade in agricultural…Dimona
(Encyclopedia) Dimona Dimona dīmōˈnə [key] [Heb.,=wasting], town, S Israel, in the Negev Desert. It is…antelope brush
(Encyclopedia) antelope brush, low, deciduous shrub (Purshia tridentata) of the family Rosaceae (rose family), widely distributed in the W United States where it is a characteristic constituent of…Phaëthon
(Encyclopedia) PhaëthonPhaëthonfāˈəthən, –tən [key] or PhaëtonPhaëtonfāˈətən [key], in Greek mythology, son of Helios and the nymph Clymene. He tried to drive his father's golden chariot, but he…Copiapó
(Encyclopedia) CopiapóCopiapókōpyäpōˈ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 79,268), capital of Atacama region, N central Chile, on the Copiapó River. An industrial city at the southern edge of the Atacama…Le Clézio, Jean-Marie Gustave
(Encyclopedia) Le Clézio, Jean-Marie Gustave, 1940–, French novelist, b. Nice, grad. Univ. of Nice (L. ès L., 1963), Univ. of Aix-en-Provence (M.A., 1964), Univ. of Perpignan (D. ès L., 1983). He…kangaroo rat
(Encyclopedia) kangaroo rat, small, jumping desert rodent, genus Dipodomys, related to the pocket mouse. There are about 20 kangaroo rat species, found throughout the arid regions of Mexico and the S…Trending
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