desert
C144
concept
A desert is a barren, arid region characterized by minimal precipitation, sparse vegetation, and extreme temperature variations.
Aliases (13)
- desert region ×9
- cold desert ×4
- hot desert ×2
- arid ecoregion ×1
- arid zone ×1
- coastal desert ×1
- desert area ×1
- desert community ×1
- desert ecoregion ×1
- desert ecosystem ×1
- desert landscape ×1
- desert system ×1
- high-altitude desert ×1
Instances (54)
- Sahara Desert
- Arabian Desert
- Syrian Desert
- Sonoran Desert
- Kalahari Desert
- Great Basin ("desert region")
- Namib Desert
- Gobi Desert
- Patagonian Desert
- Atacama Desert
- Fezzan ("desert region")
- Coachella Valley ("desert region")
- Black Rock Desert
- Mojave Desert
- Western Desert ("desert region")
- Jornada del Muerto desert
- Rann of Kutch
- Danakil Desert
- Great Basin–Mojave transition zone ("desert region")
- Central Sahara ("desert region")
- Rub al Khali
- Karakum Desert
- Chihuahuan Desert
- Kyzylkum Desert
- Painted Desert
- Alvord Desert
- Owyhee Desert
- Sonoran–Mojave transition zone ("desert region")
- Lucerne Valley ("desert community")
- Thar Desert
- Negev desert
- Mojave Trails National Monument ("desert landscape")
- Baja California desert ("desert ecoregion")
- North American deserts ("desert system")
- Devils Playground ("desert area")
- Central Australia ("desert region")
- Nubra Valley ("cold desert")
- Judean Desert
- Nazca Desert
- Nubian Desert
- Błędów Desert
- Afro-Eurasian desert belt ("desert region")
- Valle de los Cirios ("desert ecosystem")
- Ad Dahna Desert
- Puna de Atacama ("high-altitude desert")
- Cyrenaican Desert
- Sagebrush steppe desert ("cold desert")