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Palm Springs
(Encyclopedia) Palm Springs, city (1990 pop. 40,181), Riverside co., S Calif.; founded 1876, inc. 1938. It is a verdant desert oasis and a resort with classic mid-20th cent. architecture (known as…Saguaro National Park
(Encyclopedia) Saguaro National Park, 91,443 acres (37,021 hectares), SE Ariz. Contained within the desert park are many examples of the saguaro cactus (Cereus giganteus), a monumentally proportioned…Ouargla
(Encyclopedia) OuarglaOuarglawärˈglä [key], town and oasis, E Algeria. It is the administrative center of a well-watered oasis at the junction of several Saharan desert caravan routes. Ouargla lies…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: And therefore if to love can be desert
And therefore if to love can be desertAnd therefore if to love can be desert, I am not all unworthy. Cheeks as pale As these you see, and trembling knees that fail To bear the burden of a…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Fragment: The Deserts of Dim Sleep
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Time Long PastFragment: 'The Viewless and In...Fragment: The Deserts of Dim Sleep Published by Rossetti, "Complete Poetical Works of P. B. S.", 1870. I went into…How Well Do You Know The World's Deserts?
There are many types of deserts on the planet, from arid to subtropical, frigid to scorching. Test your knowledge of the deserts of the world here on Infoplease!Mount Desert Island
(Encyclopedia) Mount Desert IslandMount Desert Islanddĭzûrtˈ [key], c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), largest island off the coast of Maine; separated from the mainland by Frenchman Bay, Mt. Desert Narrows,…Mojave Trails National Monument
(Encyclopedia) Mojave Trails National Monument, 1.6 million acres (647,000 hectares), SE California. Linking Joshua Tree National Park and Mojave National Preserve, it follows the trails of the…Joshua Tree National Park
(Encyclopedia) Joshua Tree National Park, 1,022,703 acres (414,050 hectares), S California. Lying between the high Mojave Desert and the low Colorado Desert, this park has a unique ecosystem in which…Ordos
(Encyclopedia) OrdosOrdosôrˈdōs [key], Mandarin Erdesi, sandy desert plateau region, c.35,000 sq mi (90,650 sq km), Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, N China; almost encircled by the great northern…Trending
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