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    Deserts

    Finally what percentage of the world's surface on land is desert?Deserts Of The World

      20.

    Which desert type occurs when cities are built on fertile land, therefore preventing water getting into the soil and takes its fertility?Deserts Of The World

      Artificially created deserts.

    Australia is the driest continent in the world. What percentage of the land surface is desert?Deserts Of The World

      35. Yes, that's right. Over one third of the land is desert. Is it wonder why the vast majority of people in Australia live on the coast?

    There are six different kinds of deserts, low rainfall, cold deserts, salt deserts, artificially created deserts, toxic deserts and ________?Deserts Of The World

      low nutrient. The three incorrect answers are characteristics which you would find in a desert.

    Which is the only continent with no major desert areas?Deserts Of The World

      Europe. A desert is catagorised as a region which can support little plant life due to insufficient moisture and dry soils. Antarctica is a desert because it fits this definition although it is not a hot dry region.

    This desert can be found in northern China and Mongolia?Deserts Of The World

      Gobi.

    Which desert can be found across the north of Africa?Deserts Of The World

      Sahara. The Sahara desert in the largest desert in the world.

    A barren, desolate area with a heavy water deficit?Terms of Deserts

      Desert. Don't confuse yourself with the meal you have after dinner! Dessert!

    A flat arid valley surrounded by mountains and draining into a shallow central lake?Terms of Deserts

      Bolson. Bolsons are generally large drainage basins where whatever water flows into forming a playa lake at the bottom of the desert.

    A channel or gully that remains dry except for the wet season?Terms of Deserts

      Wadi. Flash floods originate from wadis

    Fine particles ranging from .2mm to 2.0mm in diameter?Terms of Deserts

      Sand. There are more grains of sand in a cubic foot than there are people in the world!

    A crescent-shaped sand dune?Terms of Deserts

      Barchan. In a Barchan, the wind carries the dust around and over top of the dune giving its two horns on either side and having a gentle sloping top.

    When two or more alluvial fans are joined together?Terms of Deserts

      Bajada. Bajadas aren't the best place to build roads near.

    When a larger portion of the plateau or cap rock becomes isolated due to water erosion?Terms of Deserts

      Mesa. Mesas are really neat looking because they almost look like islands in the sky from above.

    When a very small portion of the plateau or cap rock is isolated because of erosion from water?Terms of Deserts

      Butte. Many arid and dry places in Utah and Arizona show awesome examples of Buttes.

    The lake where water runs off from the mountains into the centre of the desert?Terms of Deserts

      Playa Lake. Australia is a great place to find a number of playa lakes!

    A valley cut out by flash flooding?Terms of Deserts

      Gully. The Capital Reef in Utah is a great example of numerous gullies.

    What's the only desert in which the Joshua tree grows?Deserts of the World

      Mojave. The Joshua tree is a large desert plant with spiky leaves; it produces a fruit eaten by desert animals.

    What type of animal is the addax, found only in the African desert?Deserts of the World

      Mammal. The addax, an antelope, inhabits the sandy and stony desert region of Africa. It looks like a cow with long, curvy horns.

    Which desert is also known as the Great Indian Desert?Deserts of the World

      Thar. The Thar Desert is found in northwest India and eastern Pakistan.

    Which desert is home to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park?Deserts of the World

      Kalahari. It's one of Africa's largest game reserves and a popular tourist attraction.

    Which desert is crossed by the Trans-Mongolian Railroad?Deserts of the World

      Gobi. It links Ulan-Bator, Mongolia, and Jining, China.

    Which desert is NOT considered part of the Sahara?Deserts of the World

      Ustyurt. The Ustyurt Desert is in central Asia.

    Which desert is considered the world's oldest?Deserts of the World

      Namib. The Namib Desert expands for 102,248 square miles on the southwestern edge of Africa. It also has the world's highest sand dunes, some as high as 1,300 feet.

    The Patagonian Desert can be found in which country?Deserts of the World

      Argentina. This desert, composed of gravel plains, plateaus, and basalt sheets, is classified as a cold winter desert. A cold winter desert is one marked by stark temperature differences between winter and summer.

    What's the largest desert in North America?Deserts of the World

      Chihuahuan. It stretches 175,000 square miles across Mexico and the southwestern US.

    Which desert is home to the Saguaro cactus?Deserts of the World

      Sonoran. The Sonoran Desert expands for 120,000 square miles across Arizona, California, and Mexico.

    In which state is most of the Mojave Desert?Deserts of the World

      California. It ventures across Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah.

    Which desert is NOT considered part of the Great Western Desert, or Outback?Deserts of the World

      Australian. These three desert regions of Australia are collectively referred to as 'The Outback'.

    Which desert contains the world's longest expanse of unbroken sand?Deserts of the World

      Arabian. One-fourth of the Arabian Desert is made up of this section, which is called Rub al-Khali ('empty quarter').

    The Atacama Desert is classified as which type of desert?Deserts of the World

      Cool coastal. A cool coastal desert is one in which the temperature is lower than that of a subtropical desert due to the cold offshore coean currents. The Atacama Desert in Chile is South America's largest desert and also the world's driest.

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