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Area of land where little precipitation occurs
A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation
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Look up désert in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Désert may refer to: "Désert" (Émilie Simon song), 2002 Desert (novel) (French: Désert), a 1980 novel
Désert
Desert in the southwestern United States
The Mojave Desert (/moʊˈhɑːvi, mə-/ ; Mohave: Hayikwiir Mat'aar; Spanish: Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada
Mojave_Desert
1990–1991 conflict in the Middle East
Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup in the Persian Gulf region from August 1990 to January 1991; and Operation Desert Storm, which
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Desert on the African continent
/səˈhɛrə/) is a desert spanning North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in the world and
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Semi-automatic pistol
The Desert Eagle, also known as the Deagle, is a single-action, gas-operated, semi-automatic pistol capable of chambering the .50 Action Express, the largest
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2026 video game
Crimson Desert is a 2026 action-adventure game developed and published by Pearl Abyss. Originally planned as a prequel to Black Desert Online, the game
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Desert in East Asia
The Gobi Desert is a large, cold desert and grassland region in southern Mongolia and North China. It is the sixth-largest desert in the world. The name
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Arid region in India and Pakistan
The Thar Desert (Rajasthani pronunciation: [t̪ʰaːɾ]), also known as the Great Indian Desert, is an arid region in the north-western part of the Indian
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High desert or High Desert may refer to the following: High Desert, Albuquerque, New Mexico, a development in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States High
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Largest desert in North America
The Chihuahuan Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Chihuahua, Desierto Chihuahuense) is a desert ecoregion designation covering parts of northern Mexico and the
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3rd-century Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks
Sayings of the Desert Fathers is a collection of sayings and other texts attributed to desert monks and nuns from this era. The first Desert Father was Paul
Desert_Fathers
Plateau on Pacific coast of South America
The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama [ataˈkama]) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile.
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Desert in Mexico and the United States
The Sonoran Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Sonora) is a hot desert and ecoregion in North America that covers parts of the northwestern Mexican states of
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Planned community in Phoenix, Arizona
The Desert Ridge master-planned community comprises 5,700 acres (23.07 km2; 8.91 sq mi) and is situated in the Northeast Valley of Phoenix, Arizona. As
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Desert in Spain
The Tabernas Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Tabernas) is a desert located within Spain's south-eastern province of Almería. It is in the interior, about
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Desert in West Asia
The Syrian desert (Arabic: بادية الشام Bādiyat Ash-Shām), also known as the North Arabian desert, the Jordanian steppe, the Syrian steppe, or the Badiya
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Desert in Xinjiang, China
The Taklamakan Desert (/ˌtækləməˈkæn/ TAK-lə-mə-KAN) is a desert in northwestern China. Located inside the Tarim Basin in Southern Xinjiang, it is bounded
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Condition of being deserving of something, whether good or bad
Desert (/dɪˈzɜːrt/) in philosophy is the condition of being deserving of something, whether good or bad. One type of this is moral desert. It is a concept
Desert_(philosophy)
War memorial in Washington, DC, United States
The Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial honors members of the armed forces who participated in Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield in
Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial
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up desert in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A desert is a geographic area that receives little precipitation. Desert may also refer to: Desert, County
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Look up desert rat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Desert rat or Desert Rat or their plurals may refer to: Gerbils (Gerbillinae) of the deserts of
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American actor
Alex Désert is an American actor, known for his roles in the TV series The Flash, The Heights, Becker, and Boy Meets World, as well as the voice of Nick
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Desert in the southern Levant
The Judaean Desert or Judean Desert (Hebrew: מִדְבַּר יְהוּדָה, romanized: Midbar Yehuda, Arabic: برية الخليل, romanized: Bariyat al-Khalil[clarification
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Semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa
The Kalahari Desert is a large semiarid sandy savanna in Southern Africa covering 900,000 km2 (350,000 sq mi), including much of Botswana, as well as parts
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2025 film by Rupert Wyatt
Desert Warrior is a 2025 historical action film directed by Rupert Wyatt, who co-wrote the screenplay with Erica Beeney and David Self. The film's cast
Desert_Warrior_(2025_film)
Arid climate subtype
The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification BWh and BWk) is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation
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Desert located in Western Asia
The Arabian Desert (Arabic: ٱلصَّحْرَاء ٱلْعَرَبِيَّة) is a vast desert wilderness in West Asia that occupies almost the entire Arabian Peninsula with
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Practice of developing agriculture in deserts
Desert farming is the practice of developing agriculture in deserts. As agriculture depends upon irrigation and water supply, farming in arid regions where
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Look up desert rose in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Desert rose may refer to: Adenium, a genus of flowering plants in tropical Africa and Arabia Rosa
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Desert rock may refer to Palm Desert Scene, a Californian music culture that has been described as "desert rock" North African and Saharan desert blues
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Type of desert
Atacama Desert of coastal Chile and Peru; the Baja California desert of Mexico; the Namib Desert in Namibia; the Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert; and
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Orange-to-black rock coating in arid environments
Desert varnish or rock varnish is an orange-yellow to black coating found on exposed rock surfaces in arid environments. Desert varnish is approximately
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Autobiography by American writer Edward Abbey
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness is an autobiographical work by American writer Edward Abbey, originally published in 1968. It is his fourth
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1985 film by Donna Deitch
Desert Hearts is a 1985 American romantic drama film produced and directed by Donna Deitch. The screenplay, written by Natalie Cooper, is an adaptation
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Desert in southeastern Oregon
The Alvord Desert is a dry lake in Harney County, southeastern Oregon, at the eastern foot of Steens Mountain. The mountain rises more than a mile above
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Desert in Central Asia
The Kyzylkum Desert (Uzbek: Qizilqum; Kazakh: Qyzylqūm) is the 15th largest desert in the world. Its name means 'Red Sand' in Turkic languages. It is
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Region in northwestern Egypt
The Nitrian Desert is a desert region in northeastern Egypt, lying between Alexandria and Cairo west of the Nile Delta. It is known for its history of
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Paramilitary force of Transjordan
The Desert Force (Arabic: قوات البادية, English: Al-Badia Force), also known as the Desert Patrol, was a paramilitary force of Transjordan. Its main task
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North-eastern part of the Sahara Desert
24; 25 The Libyan Desert (not to be confused with the Libyan Sahara) is a geographical region filling the northeastern Sahara Desert, from eastern Libya
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1994 Australian film by Stephan Elliott
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian road comedy film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot follows two drag
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1895 poem written by Stephen Crane
In the Desert In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, “Is it
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2024 film directed by Joshua Erkman
A Desert is a 2024 psychological horror film directed by Joshua Erkman (in his directorial debut), starring David Yow, Sarah Lind, and Kai Lennox. Alex
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2002 American film
Desert Saints is a 2002 crime thriller film starring Kiefer Sutherland as a hitman named Arthur Banks, with Melora Walters as Agent Bennie Harper. The
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Musical collective
The Desert Sessions are a musical collective series, founded by Josh Homme in 1997. Artists such as Brant Bjork, PJ Harvey, Twiggy Ramirez, Dave Catching
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Desert sun refers to the harsh solar radiation encountered in a desert environment. Desert Sun may also refer to: The Desert Sun, a newspaper from Palm
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1981 film by Moustapha Akkad
Lion of the Desert (alternative titles: Omar Mukhtar and Omar Mukhtar: Lion of the Desert) is a 1981 epic historical war film about the Second Italo-Senussi
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1998 American comedy-drama film by Morgan J. Freeman
Desert Blue is a 1998 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Morgan J. Freeman, and starring Brendan Sexton III, Kate Hudson, Christina Ricci
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Play by Jon Robin Baitz
Other Desert Cities is a play by Jon Robin Baitz. The play premiered Off-Broadway in January 2011 and transferred to Broadway in November 2011, marking
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Type of desert earth surface
A desert pavement, also called reg (in western Sahara), serir (in eastern Sahara), gibber (in Australia), hamada (western Sahara and Middle East), or saï
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Desert in Iran, UNESCO Site
Lut Desert (Persian: دشت لوت, romanized: Dasht-e Lut, lit. 'Plain of Emptiness') is a desert with both extensive salt flats and dunes located in the provinces
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Desert in Central Asia
The Karakum Desert (/ˈkærəkʌm/ KARR-ə-kum; Russian: Каракумы, IPA: [kərɐˈkumɨ]), also spelt Qaraqum and Garagum (Turkmen: [ɢɑɾɑˈʁʊm]; lit. 'Black Sand')
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Area with low access to nutritious food
A food desert is an area that has limited access to affordable, fresh, healthy, and nutritious food. Food deserts are commonly paired with food swamps
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Species of tortoise
The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of
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Historic resort in Las Vegas, Nevada
The Desert Inn, also known as the D.I., was a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, which operated from April 24, 1950, to August 28
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Desert Hawk or The Desert Hawk may refer to: Dagar, Desert Hawk, Fox Feature Syndicate Arabian desert comic book adventurer during 1947–49 The Desert
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Desert along the coast of Peru
The Sechura Desert is a coastal desert located south of the Piura Region of Peru along the Pacific coast and inland to the foothills of the Andes Mountains
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1997 American film
the Desert, or Simoom: A Passion in the Desert, is a 1997 film from director Lavinia Currier based on the 1830 short story "A Passion in the Desert" by
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Early Christian ascetics, 3rd–5th centuries AD
Desert Mothers is a term analogous to Desert Fathers. The Desert Mothers were known as the ammas or female Christian ascetics living in the desert of Egypt
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Largest desert in Argentina
The Patagonian Desert, also known as the Patagonian Steppe, is the largest desert in Argentina and is the eighth-largest desert in the world by area, occupying
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Desert fox may refer to: Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda), the world's smallest canid White-footed fox (Vulpes vulpes pusilla), also known as the desert fox
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Egyptian part of the Libyan Desert
In Egypt, the Western Desert is an area of the Sahara that lies west of the river Nile, up to the Libyan border, and south from the Mediterranean Sea to
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Failed 1980 American military operation in Iran
60km 37miles Desert One Operation Eagle Claw (Persian: عملیات پنجه عقاب) was a failed United States Department of Defense attempt to rescue 52 embassy
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Musical style of the Sahara region
(ⵜⵉⵛⵓⵎⴰⵔⴻⵏ in Neo-Tifinagh script) or assouf, internationally known as desert blues, is a style of music from the Sahara region of northern and west Africa
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Fortified palaces or castles in what used to be the Umayyad province of Bilad ash-Sham
The desert castles or qasrs, often called Umayyad desert castles, are a series of fortified palaces or castles scattered over the semi-arid regions of
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BBC Radio 4 programme
Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. Each week a guest
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Desert Spring may refer to: Desert Spring, California, a former settlement in Kern County, California Operation Desert Spring, an operation in Kuwait by
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Climate classification system
variations of a desert climate: a hot desert climate (BWh), and a cold desert climate (BWk). To delineate "hot desert climates" from "cold desert climates"
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Desert News may refer to: Mojave Desert News, a newspaper published in California City, California Deseret News, a newspaper published in Salt Lake City
Desert_News
Species of scorpion
Hadrurus arizonensis, the giant desert hairy scorpion, giant hairy scorpion, or Arizona Desert hairy scorpion is a large scorpion found in North America
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Species of mammal
The desert warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) is a mammalian, artiodactyl-ungulate species of the pig and swine family (Suidae) native to the Horn of Africa
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Music culture in Southern California
The Palm Desert Scene is a group of related bands and musicians from Palm Desert, California that began in the early 1990s. Their hard rock sound – sometimes
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Climate with precipitation below potential evapotranspiration
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential
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Species of rodent
The desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida) is a species of pack rat native to desert regions of western North America. Desert woodrats are relatively small for
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Black Desert may refer to: Harrat al-Shamah, a region of the Syrian Desert Black Rock Desert, a semi-arid region in Nevada Black Desert, a desert in western
Black_Desert
Desert in Central Australia
The Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland in central Australia. It
Simpson_Desert
Family of rifles
The Desert Tech MDR (Micro Dynamic Rifle) is a family of bullpup semi-automatic rifles designed by Desert Tech (formerly Desert Tactical Arms) in 2014
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1992 video game
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf is a shoot 'em up video game released by Electronic Arts (EA) in 1992 for the Sega Genesis. The game was released on
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Private battalion
The Desert Wolves Operations Battalion (Spanish: Batallón de Operaciones “Lobos del Desierto”) are a private mercenary battalion of retired Colombian Armed
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Ecoregion in Arctic Ocean
The Arctic desert ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1101) is a terrestrial ecoregion that covers the island groups of Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, Severny Island and
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Geographical region
the Chihuahuan Desert is a relatively dry desert, although it is slightly wetter than the Sonoran Desert to the west. The Chihuahuan Desert spreads across
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British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse (1979–2006)
Desert Orchid (11 April 1979 – 13 November 2006), known as Dessie, was an English racehorse. The grey achieved a revered and esteemed status within National
Desert_Orchid
City in California, United States
Desert is a city in the Coachella Valley region of Riverside County, California. The city is located in the Colorado Desert arm of the Sonoran Desert
Palm_Desert,_California
Term for low-lying deserts in California, US
The Low Desert (colloquially referred to as the Desert within the region) is a common name for any desert in California that is under 2,000 feet (609
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Desert in Pakistan
The Thal desert (Punjabi: تَھل صحرا, romanized: Thal Sahrā'h; Urdu: صحرائے تھل, romanized: Sehrā-é-Thal) is situated at 31°10' N and 71°30' E in the province
Thal_Desert
Desert in southern Israel
romanized: haNégev) or Naqab (Arabic: النقب, romanized: an-Naqab) is the name for a desert and semidesert area in southern Israel. Today, it forms the bulk of the
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Protein region lacking lysines
A lysine desert is an extended lysine-free region of a protein. Because lysine side chains are common sites of ubiquitin attachment and related protein
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Species of grasshopper
The desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is a species of locust in the grasshopper family, Acrididae. A periodically swarming, short-horned bird grasshopper
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German field marshal (1891–1944)
(pronounced [ˈɛɐviːn ˈʁɔməl] ; 15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944), known as The Desert Fox (German: Der Wüstenfuchs, pronounced [ˈvyːstn̩ˌfʊks] ), was a German
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Sandy Geographical Area in Poland
Błędów Desert (Polish: Pustynia Błędowska), is an area of sands and gravels located between Błędów (part of Dąbrowa Górnicza in Metropolis GZM) and the
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which the desert is located. Kalahari Desert – a desert covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa Karoo Desert – a desert covering
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Prairie in Oregon, United States
The Agate Desert is a prairie located near White City, Oregon, 53 acres (21 ha) of which is protected as the Agate Desert Preserve. The area is not in
Agate_Desert
Painting by Ivan Kramskoi
Christ in the Desert or Christ in the Wilderness (Russian: Христос в пустыне, romanized: Khristos v pustyne) is an 1872 painting by Russian artist Ivan
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Topics referred to by the same term
Desert Springs may refer to: Desert Springs, Northern Territory, Australia Desert Springs, Arizona, an unincorporated community that shares a post office
Desert_Springs
Desert in China
Kubuqi Desert (simplified Chinese: 库布齐沙漠; traditional Chinese: 庫布齊沙漠; pinyin: Kùbùqí Shāmò), also known via its Mongolian name as the Hobq Desert (Mongolian:
Kubuqi_Desert
Semi-arid shrubland area in British Columbia, Canada
The Okanagan Desert is the common name for a semi-arid shrubland located in the southern region of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia and Washington
Okanagan_Desert
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Desert Storm syndrome in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Desert Storm is a codename for the Gulf War (1990–1991), a war against Iraq by a U.S
Desert_Storm_(disambiguation)
Cemetery in Cathedral City, California
Desert Memorial Park is a cemetery in Cathedral City, California, United States, near Palm Springs. Opening in 1956 and receiving its first interment in
Desert_Memorial_Park
2014 video game
Black Desert Online (Korean: 검은사막; RR: Geomeun samak) is a 2015 sandbox-oriented fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed
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Indoor arena in Glendale, Arizona, U.S.
Desert Diamond Arena (originally Glendale Arena and formerly Jobing.com Arena and Gila River Arena) is an indoor entertainment arena located in Glendale
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