Desert House may refer to Kaufmann Desert House , Palm Springs, California, United States W stenhaus Sch nbrunn , Vienna, Austria disambig ... more details
Desert flower may refer to Adenium , or desert rose , a flower Desert Flower , a biography of Somali model Waris Dirie Desert Flower film , a 2009 German biopic film The Desert Flower , an 1863 opera by William Vincent Wallace disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
The Yuma Desert is a lower elevation section of the Sonoran Desert in the Southwestern United States southwestern United States and the northwest of Mexico . It is in the Salton basin. The desert contains ... of California . Overview The desert includes the lower elevation parts of the southwestern corner of Arizona ... Desert region of the Sonoran Desert, also referred to as the Low Desert . Though the two .... The Yuma Desert also includes the sandy plains of western Sonora , going all the way to the head ... significant river in this desert is the Gila River of Arizona. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is located in this desert, as are the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge . To the south of Arizona s Yuma Desert in northern Mexico, is the Pinacate Peaks Pinacate ... of the Yuma Desert. It is on the northwestern foothills of Mexico s Sierra Madre Occidental , the western mountain cordillera. Flora See also List of plants by common name Sonoran Desert Yuman ... of the desert trees found are restricted to dry watercourses these include palo verde s Parkinsonia , the desert willow Chilopsis linearis , Desert Ironwood Olneya tesota , and smoke trees Psorothamnus spinosus . Fauna Main articles in Category Fauna of the Sonoran Desert Category Fauna of the Sonoran Desert See also Lechuguilla Desert Tule Desert Arizona Colorado Desert Gran Desierto de Altar Sonoran Desert Chihuahuan Desert References cite book first Edmund C. last Jaeger authorlink Edmund Jaeger ... 73 83 External links http www.britannica.com eb article 9078145 Yuma Desert Britannica.com Sww http cfpub.epa.gov surf huc.cfm?huc code 15030108 Yuma Desert Watershed Map http www.blm.gov ca st en fo elcentro recreation poi yuma.html Yuma Desert regional Points of Interest Colorado Desert Region Deserts coord missing Mexico Category Yuma Desert Category Deserts and xeric shrublands in the United States Category Ecoregions of the United States Category Sonoran Desert Category Deserts of Mexico Category ... more details
There are various types of natural glass found in desert s. Desert glass can be formed from the silica in sand as a result of lightning strikes or meteor impacts. Libyan desert glass in Egypt and Libya Edeowie glass in South Australia Darwin glass in West Coast, Tasmania Fulgurite A more specialised subclass is that formed during a nuclear explosion. Trinitite disambig da rkenglas ... more details
image Lechuguilla.jpg thumb 250px right Agave lechuguilla the plant the desert is named after The Lechuguilla Desert is a small desert located in southwestern Arizona near the United States U.S. Mexico border. It is considered to be part of the Lower Colorado Valley region of the Sonoran Desert . It lies in a north south direction between the Gila Mountains Yuma County Gila Mountains and The Cabeza Prieta Mountains , and almost entirely in the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range . The desert is named after the Agave lechuguilla Lechuguilla plant, known scientifically as Agave lecheguilla . The desert is also on the north border of the Gran Desierto de Altar of Sonora , Mexico. See also Agave lechuguilla List of plants by common name Sonoran Desert Category Fauna of the Sonoran Desert Fauna of the Sonoran Desert References Mapquest.com Road Atlas, 2001, pg. 9 http alic.arid.arizona.edu sonoran documents mcginnies mcginniesmap.html Sonoran Desert Deserts Arizona geo stub Coord 32.4181104 113.9832679 display title Category Deserts of Arizona Category Deserts and xeric shrublands in the United States Category Ecoregions of the United States Category Sonoran Desert Category Deserts of the Lower Colorado River Valley Category Deserts of the Gran Desierto de Altar ca Desert de Lechuguilla es Desierto de la Lechuguilla lt Le ugiljos dykuma pt Deserto de Lechuguilla ru ... more details
Desert Edge may refer to Desert Edge, California Desert Edge High School , in Arizona Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it from being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Long comment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. geodis ... more details
Merge to Colorado Desert date July 2010 primarily an internal links article currently Unreferenced date October 2007 Image Southern California Desert.jpg thumb right 300px The Low Desert the Colorado Desert near Palm Springs, California . The Low Desert is a common name for one the Deserts of California regional areas, that includes the Colorado Desert and Yuha Desert in the Southern California portion of the Sonoran Desert . It is distinguished in biogeography from the adjacent northern High Desert California High Desert or Mojave Desert by latitude, elevation, climate, and native plant native ... and towns in the Low Desert include multicol Coachella Valley area Bermuda Dunes, California Bermuda Dunes Borrego Springs, California Borrego Springs Cathedral City, California Cathedral City Desert Hot Springs, California Desert Hot Springs Indian Wells, California Indian Wells Indio, California Indio Palm Desert, California Palm Desert Palm Springs, California Palm Springs Rancho Mirage, California ..., California Palo Verde Winterhaven, California Winterhaven multicol end Parks Anza Borrego Desert State Park Joshua Tree National Park northern portion of Low Desert Salton Sea State Recreation Area ... Wilderness See also Category Populated places in the Colorado Desert Category Populated places in the Colorado Desert Category Protected areas of the Colorado Desert Category Protected areas of the Colorado Desert Category Wilderness Areas within the Lower Colorado River Valley Category Wilderness Areas within the Lower Colorado River Valley Category Flora of the California desert regions Category Flora of the California desert regions Category Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert Category Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert Notes references Colorado Desert Region Inland Empire Greater Los Angeles Area Deserts coord missing California Category Deserts of California Category Colorado Desert Low Category Regions of California Desert Category Deserts of the Lower Colorado River Valley ... more details
Desert Rat or desert rat or its plural may refer to The Desert Rats, nickname for the British 7th Armoured Division The Desert Rats film The Desert Rats , 1953 war film starring Richard Burton A common name for various groups of rodents Gerbil s Gerbillinae of the deserts of Africa and Asia Kangaroo rat s Dipodomys from North America Natal Multimammate Mouse Mastomys natalensis from Africa Desert rat, colloquial name for a resident of a desert area, esp. in Southwestern United States deserts Desert Research and Technology Studies , or Desert RATS, a set of field trials conducted by NASA Desert Rat Scrap Book , a quarterly humor publication 1945 1967 based in California focusing on the American Southwest region, especially prospectors and other desert rats Desert Rats , a book by cite book last Camp first Charles L. authorlink Charles Lewis Camp title year 1966 publisher Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California location Berkeley, CA pages 55 lccn 67001184 oclc 1091273 LCC CT9990 .C3 See also Desert Rats vs Afrika Korps , a real time strategy game based on the North Africa Campaign of World War II http www.mobygames.com game desert rats vs afrika korps see website Desert Woodrat , a small species of pack rat native to desert regions of western North America. The Rat Patrol , an American TV program 1966 1968 loosely based on the North Africa Campaign of World War II The Rats of Tobruk , nickname for Allied soldiers holding the Libyan port of Tobruk while under siege in World War II. disambig fr Les Rats du d sert ... more details
Desert Palms may refer to Desert Palms, California Desert Palms Park Desert Palms Elementary Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it from being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Long comment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. geodis ... more details
Desert, California may refer to Desert, Los Angeles County, California Desert, San Bernardino County, California See also High Desert California geodis Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
italictitle Deleted image removed File MojaveDesert.jpg thumb right 380px The Southwest Desert with a Washingtonia filifera native palm oasis in the Colorado Desert region. Desert Magazine 1937 1985 was a monthly regional publication based in the Colorado Desert , in the Coachella Valley town of Palm Desert, California Palm Desert near Palm Springs, California Palm Springs , United States. History Editors Desert Magazine was founded, edited and published from 1937 to 1958 by Randall Henderson 1888 ... magazine in 2006. ref name desertblog http desertmagazine.wordpress.com Desert Magazine History . accessed 7 7 2010 ref Publication The magazine focused on the desert country of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico, and covered a broad range of desert subjects including ... Desert Magazine was revived as an archival Online magazine , the http mydesertmagazine.com Desert .... ref name desertezine http mydesertmagazine.com Desert Magazine e zine journal . accessed 7 7 2010 ref A blog is also produced about the magazine called the http desertmagazine.wordpress.com Desert ... 850px Desert panorama view of Mojave Desert and Joshua Tree National Park . Others Desert Magazine was also the name of a monthly desert lifestyles magazine sent to subscribers to the Palm Springs daily newspaper The Desert Sun circa 2000 2005. ref http www.thedesertsun.com Desert Sun website . accessed 7 7 2010 ref See also Calico Print Desert Rat Scrap Book Jimmy Swinnerton featured artist in magazine References Reflist Further reading cite book last McKenney first J. Wilson title Desert Editor ... the story of Randall Henderson and Palm Desert year 1972 publisher Wilmac Press location Georgetown ... Peter title Desert Magazine The Henderson Years year 2004 publisher The Shady Myrick Research Project ..., California pages 157 oclc 58796769 South wrote a series of highly popular Desert Refuge articles 1940 1946 about his primitive life on the desert External links http mydesertmagazine.com Desert ... more details
Taxobox status LR lc status system IUCN2.3 name Desert Hare regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Lagomorpha familia Leporidae genus Hare Lepus subgenus Hare Proeulagus species L. tibetanus binomial Lepus tibetanus binomial authority Waterhouse, 1841 range map Desert Hare area.png range map caption Desert Hare range The Desert Hare Lepus tibetanus is a species of hare found in Northwestern China and countries adjacent to it. Little is known about this species except that it inhabits grassland and scrub areas of desert and semi desert . References http www.iucnredlist.org apps redlist details 41307 0 IUCN Red List Lepus tibetanus Lagomorpha L. Category Lepus lagomorph stub eu Lepus tibetanus mrj ms Lepus tibetanus ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 File Arabische W ste Satellit.jpg thumb right The Nile River and the Eastern Desert. File Eastern desert mountain range Qena.jpg thumb right A close view of Eastern Deset mountain range along the Safaga Qena Road. The Eastern Desert is the section of Sahara Desert east of the Nile Nile River , between the river and the Red Sea . It extends from Egypt in the north to Eritrea in the south, and also comprises parts of Sudan and Ethiopia . File Eastern desert.jpg thumb left The Eastern Desert along the Hurgada Safaga Road. File Eastern desert mountain range.jpg thumb left Early morning at Eastern Desert with the Eastern Desert mountain range on the horizon Egypt . Features The Eastern Desert s main geographic features are the western Red Sea coastline wth the Red Sea Riviera and the Eastern Desert mountain range that runs along the coast, the highest peak of which is Shaiyb al Banat . Other notable ecological areas are Wadi Gamal National Park and Gebel Elba . The Eastern Desert is a popular setting for safaris and other excursions. See also commons category Eastern Desert Western Desert North Africa Libyan Desert Geography of Egypt External links http www.eeaa.gov.eg protectorates National Parks of Egypt Deserts Coord missing Egypt Category Sahara Category Deserts of Egypt Category Deserts of Sudan Category Deserts of Eritrea Category Deserts of Ethiopia Category Red Sea Egypt geo stub ar be bg ca Desert oriental d Egipte cs Arabsk pou de Arabische W ste et Araabia k rb es Desierto ar bigo fr D sert Arabique it Deserto orientale ka kk lt Ryt dykuma nl Arabische Woestijn Egypte ja no Den stlige rkenen pl Pustynia Arabska pt Deserto Oriental Africano ru sr fi Arabian aavikko Egypti uk ... more details
Infobox fictional location name Deadly Desert colour image imagesize 250px caption source List of Oz books The Oz series creator L. Frank Baum genre Children s books type Magical desert The Deadly Desert is the magical desert that completely surrounds the fictional Land of Oz . On maps, the Eastern quadrant of the desert is called the Deadly Desert , while the other three quadrants of desert are called the Shifting Sands , the Impassable Desert , and the Great Sandy Waste . The desert was originally merely a desert, being as dangerous as any natural desert but no more. Indeed, in The Marvelous Land of Oz , Mombi tries to escape through it and Glinda chases her over the sands, but in Ozma of Oz , it has become a magical desert with life destroying sands, a feature that remained constant through the rest of the series. ref Michael O. Riley, Oz and Beyond The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum , p 139, ISBN 0 7006 0832 X ref Anyone who sets foot into the sand of any of these deserts turns into sand themselves. The desert is used as a literary device to explain why Oz is essentially cut off from the rest of the world. However, it has been crossed several times by people from within Oz and from ... , and back over again by her magic shoes, which fall off during her flight and are lost in the desert ... design. Princess Ozma Ozma , the Monarch queen of Oz, crosses the desert with her whole court by use of an infinitely unrolling carpet. Dorothy Gale, Shaggy Man , and Button Bright cross the desert into Oz by use of a sand ship. The Nome King dug a tunnel underneath the desert. In the film Return to Oz , Dorothy Gale crosses the edge of the Desert by stepping upon stones. In Return to Oz , the pack of Wheelers fail to get across the Deadly Desert in pursuit of Dorothy and her flying sofa who cross the desert to reach the Nome King s mountain. Half of the pack of Wheelers fall into the desert ... Mombi and cross the desert through the tunnel dug underneath the desert to reach the Nome King s mountain ... more details
This article is about the comic book series. Plants that are sometimes called desert peach include Prunus andersonii and Santalum acuminatum . The Desert Peach is a comic book created by Donna Barr , chronicling the adventures of the eponymous protagonist, Erwin Rommel Erwin The Desert Fox Rommel s fictitious homosexual younger brother, Oberst Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel 1900 1990 , nicknamed the Desert ... language German for Peach and his supporting cast. Publication history The Desert Peach was first ... collected volumes as well, a Desert Peach musical theatre musical was produced in 1992, and Bread and Swans , a Desert Peach novel , was released in 2005. With the exception of the musical, all Desert ... name, she stumbled upon desert peach , and was immediately inspired by the pun upon The Desert Fox ... a personality whom the universe had prematurely discarded. Supporting cast The Desert Peach ... and Images Some issues available at http www.mupress.com The Desert Peach 1 Who is This Man? The Desert Peach 2 The Bar Fight The Desert Peach 3 A Day At The Beach At http www.mupress.com MuPress Aeon The Desert Peach 4 Is There A Nazi In The House? The Desert Peach 5 Flight Of Fancy The Desert Peach 6 A Day Like Any Other The Desert Peach 7 Spoiled Fruit The Desert Peach 8 Dressing Down The Desert Peach 9 Scourge Of Love The Desert Peach 10 Two Timers The Desert Peach 11 Straight and Narrow The Desert Peach 12 Child Of The World The Desert Peach 13 Nobody The Desert Peach 14 Surprise, Surprise The Desert Peach 15 The Triangle Trade The Desert Peach 16 Plight Of The Phoenix The Desert Peach 17 Culture Shock The Desert Peach 18 Musical Program totally sold out The Desert Peach 19 Self Propelled Target The Desert Peach 20 Fever Dreams The Desert Peach 21 The Good Uncle The Desert Peach 22 Lady Luck The Desert Peach 23 Visions The Desert Peach 24 Ups And Downs The Desert Peach 25 Beautiful The Desert Peach Collection Beginnings issues 1 3 The Desert Peach Collection Politics, Pilots ... more details
The Monte Desert is a South American desert, located within the country of Argentina . The desert lies southeast of the Atacama Desert in Chile , north of the larger Patagonian Desert , and east of the Andes . ref http www.ege.fcen.uba.ar ecodes Proyectos Area Monte eng.htm ref Geography and climate The delineations between the Monte Desert, the Atacama Desert, and the Patagonian Desert are not exact and the desert seems to be more or less continuous with the other two nearby deserts. The geography of the land is very similar to that of the interior Patagonian Desert, with volcanic sediments, Piedmont disambiguation piedmont plains, and large mountain blocks, a lot of these the result of its proximity to the ancient And Due to the region lying on the eastern, or leeward , side of the Andes, it experiences very little rain. This rain shadow effect is the primary reason for the aridity of the region and for the formation of the Monte and the nearby deserts. Although a difference between this desert and the other two deserts is the lack of intensity of effect from the cold water currents off the South American coast for the Monte Desert. This allows the desert to support a wider variety of life than the other two more extreme deserts. ref Dawson, John Lucas, Rob. http books.google.com books?id oSl snNdP1EC&pg PA72&dq 22monte desert 22&ie ISO 8859 1&sig CbxwJPGhKYtHikNo6eeznLjR3Gg The Nature Of Plants Habitats, Challenges, and Adaptations . 2005 Timber Press. ISBN 0881926752. ref Flora and fauna The flora of the region is much more diverse than the nearby Patagonian Desert which contains mainly shrubs and grasses and the Atacama Desert which is pretty much devoid of life . Shrubs ... of the desert. The fauna of the area is also very similar to that of the Patagonian Desert, only in greater ... Atacama Desert Patagonian Desert References reflist Deserts coord missing Argentina Category ... es Desierto Monte gd Monte Desert ka pt Deserto de Monte ru sr ... more details
File Fog desert Lima and Trujillo, Peru.jpg thumb The desert between Lima and Trujillo, Peru . The Andes Andes Mountains , obscured by fog, can be seen in the background. A fog desert is a type of desert where fog supplies the majority of moisture needed by animal and plant life . ref name Mares cite encyclopedia url http books.google.com books?id g3CbqZtaF4oC first Federico last Norte title Fog desert encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Deserts year 1999 editor Michael A. Mares isbn 9780806131467 publisher University of Oklahoma Press page 224 ref Examples of fog deserts include the Atacama Desert of coastal Chile and Peru , the Baja California Desert of Mexico , the Namib Desert in Namibia , ref name Mares the Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert , ref cite web url http www.nationalgeographic.com wildworld profiles terrestrial at at1302.html title Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert AT1302 work WildWorld Ecoregion Profiles publisher National Geographic Society accessdate 2011 07 02 ref and Biosphere 2 , an artificial closed ecosphere in Arizona . Vehicle tracks have been shown to adversely affect the growth of lichen in the Namib Desert . The temperature in the tracks was up to 2 C warmer. This decreased the rate of fog deposition, and increased evaporation rates. The results show that the temperature and moisture characteristics of desert soil surfaces are sensitive to small change which have ecological consequences. ref cite journal author Lalley, J.S. coauthors H.A. Viles date 2006 06 09 title Do vehicle track disturbances affect the productivity of soil growing lichens in a fog desert? journal Functional Ecology volume 20 issue 3 pages 548 556 publisher Wiley doi 10.1111 j.1365 2435.2006.01111.x accessdate 2008 11 04 ref See also Portal box Environment Ecology Fog drip References Reflist Category Deserts environment stub es Desierto de niebla pl Pustynia mgielna ... more details
Distinguish dessert Wiktionary desertDesert can refer to Desert , a geographic term for an area that receives little precipitation Committing the act of desertion , illegally quitting an army Desert philosophy , reward or punishment earned or deserved, or the deservedness of reward or punishment The Desert , an List of Avatar The Last Airbender episodes episode of Nickelodeon s animated series Avatar The Last Airbender D serts , a musical composition by Edgard Varese Le d sert , an ode symphonie by F licien David disambig eu Desertu ko hy ja sv F rtj nst olika betydelser ... more details
The Chalbi Desert is a small desert in northern Kenya near the border with Ethiopia . The desert is located east of Lake Turkana , the largest permanent desert lake in the world. citation needed date October 2010 The settlement of North Horr lies in the desert. Marsabit is the closest major city. Deserts coord missing Kenya Category Deserts of Kenya Kenya geo stub ar be be x old es Desierto de Chalbi eo Chalbi dezerto gd F sach Chalbi hy ka sw Jangwa la Chalbi lt albio dykuma ja no Chalbi pt Deserto de Chalbi ru sr uk ... more details
BWk Image Ica dunes.JPG thumb 250px Dunes near Ica, Peru Ica , Peru A desert climate in the K ppen ... more than 250 mm of precipitation annually, but is considered a desert climate because ... Springs, Northern Territory are examples of this . There fare usually two or three variations of a desert climate a hot desert climate BWh , a cold desert climate BWk and, sometimes, a mild desert climate BWn . Furthermore, to delineate hot desert climates from cold desert climates , there are three ... precipitation is less than half the threshold, it is classified as a BW desert climate . ref ... bibcode 2007HESS...11.1633P doi 10.5194 hess 11 1633 2007 ref Hot desert climates Image Koppen World Map BWh.png thumb left 250px Regions with hot desert climates Hot desert climates are typically found ... descending air and high pressure. Such areas include the Sahara , the Arabian Desert Arabian , Syrian Desert Syrian and Kalahari Desert s, large parts of Iran , southern and central Pakistan , northwest India , the southwestern United States , Northern Mexico , and much of Australia . Hot desert ... a hot desert climate, maximum temperatures of 40 C to 45 C are not uncommon in summer. During .... clear Cold desert climates Image Koppen World Map BWk.png thumb left 250px Regions with cold desert ... Snake Valley Great Basin Snake Valley , Utah and Nevada This variant of the desert climate is somewhat rare outside of Asia. A cold desert climate is typically found in temperate zones, almost always ... of Central Asia, from the monsoon . The Gobi desert in Mongolia is a classic example of a region with a cold desert climate. Though hot in summer, it shares the very cold winters of the rest of Central Asia. The Kyzyl Kum and Taklamakan Desert Taklamakan deserts of Central Asia and the drier portions of the Great Basin Desert of the western United States are other major examples of BWk climates. Cold desert climates can feature hot sometimes exceptionally hot and dry summers, though summers ... more details
DVDs to the Desert is a charitable organization charity founded on July 25, 2007 by http JesseMedford.com Jesse L. Medford , the President of Challenge Coin Association based in Concord, North Carolina . The purpose of DVDs to the Desert is to donate movies to the United States service members deployed overseas. References http www.metrowestdailynews.com homepage x652150189 http www.pr.com press release 46622 External links http www.challengecoinassociation.com DVDs.html DVDs to the Desert official homepage Category Charities based in the United States Category Concord, North Carolina US philanthropy org stub ... more details
Image Bayuda Desert NASA.jpg thumb 280px Fragment of Bayuda Desert seen from space The Bayuda Desert is located north of modern Khartoum , Sudan , west of Kadabas , and south of the Nubian Desert , together making up part of the Sahara s eastern flank ref http www.volcano.si.edu world volcano.cfm?vnum 0205 06 ref . It is located at coord 18 N 33 E . Within the desert can be found the Bayuda Volcanic Field . References Reflist External links commons Bayuda Desert Deserts Category Deserts of Sudan Sudan geo stub ar ca Bayuda es Desierto de Bayuda eo Bajuda dezerto fr D sert de Bayouda gd F sach Bhayuda it Deserto di Bayuda ka lt Bajuda ja no Bayuda pt Deserto de Bayuda sr vi Hoang m c Bayuda ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2008 The Ferio Desert is a desert in central Senegal . See also Ferlo Deserts coord missing Senegal Category Deserts of Senegal Senegal geo stub ar de Ferlo es Desierto de Ferlo gd Ferio ka no Ferio pt Deserto de Ferio sr ... more details
Grand Desert may refer to the following places Grand Desert, Nova Scotia Grand D sert in Switzerland geodis Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Desert exploration is the deliberate and scientific exploration of desert s, the arid regions of the earth . It is only incidentally concerned with the culture and livelihood of native desert dwellers . The nature of desert s ensures that the story of their exploration is filled with tragedy. Many expedition members met their deaths due to the harsh conditions. Unlike earlier naval exploration and later space exploration, there was little hope of financial reward, and desert expeditions were generally undertaken for scientific purposes, in search of earlier explorers who had vanished, or for the challenge alone. The following sections list deserts around the world, and their explorers. Expeditions are listed by their leaders details of other expedition members may be found via the links. Africa Kalahari Desert Sahara Desert Heinrich Barth crossed the Sahara during his travels in Africa and the Middle East during 1845 1847. James Richardson explorer of the Sahara James Richardson explored the Sahara and Sudan he died in the notorious hamada a stony desert ... occurrence of desert rain. Karl Alfred von Zittel German palaeontologist who accompanied Rohlfs. Henri ... mountains and Adrar des Ifoghas, living with the indigenous Tuareg. Asia Gobi Desert http www.ripleydavenport.com ... expeditions 1872 1876 Gibson Desert Ernest Giles crossed the desert in 1874 Great Sandy Desert Great Victoria Desert John McDouall Stuart skirted the desert in 1858 Ernest Giles crossed the desert in 1875 Nullarbor Plain desert plain on the western part of the south coast of Australia Edward John Eyre expedition 1840 1841 Tanami Desert Simpson Desert and Sturt Stony Desert Charles Sturt expedition 1844 1845 Cecil Madigan expedition 1939 across the Simpson Desert Warren Bonython and Charles ... the Simpson Desert on foot from North to South Western Australia a large and generally arid region ... See also Saharan explorers Exploration Deserts DEFAULTSORT Desert Exploration Category Deserts Category ... more details
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