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• Ephemeral plant — An ephemeral plant marked by short life cycles, usually six to eight weeks. The word ephemeral means transitory or quickly fading. In regards to plants, it refers to several distinct growth strategies. The first, spring ephemeral, refers to… …   Wikipedia

• Desert — Not to be confused with dessert. This article is about dry terrain. For the act of abandoning or withdrawing support, see desertion. For other uses, see Desert (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• desert — desert1 desertic /di zerr tik/, adj. desertlike, adj. /dez euhrt/, n. 1. a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all: The Sahara is a vast sandy desert. 2. any area …   Universalium

• Simpson Desert — ▪ desert, Australia largely uninhabited arid region covering some 55,000 square miles (143,000 square km) in central Australia. Situated mainly in the southeastern corner of the Northern Territory, it overlaps into Queensland and South Australia… …   Universalium

• Arabian Desert — 1. a desert in Egypt between the Nile valley and the Red Sea. ab. 80,000 sq. mi. (207,000 sq. km). 2. the desert region in the N part of the Arabian peninsula. * * * Desert region, Arabian Peninsula. It covers about 900,000 sq mi (2,330,000 sq… …   Universalium

• Patagonian Desert — The Patagonian Desert, also known as the Patagonia Desert or the Patagonian Steppe, is the largest desert in the Americas and is the 5th largest desert in the world by area, occupying 260,000 square miles (673,000 km²). It is located primarily in …   Wikipedia

• Mojave Desert — For the indigenous American tribe, see Mohave people. For other uses, see Mohave (disambiguation). Coordinates: 35°0.5′N 115°28.5′W / 35.0083°N 115.475°W …   Wikipedia

• Colorado Desert — landscape California s Colorado Desert is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert, which extends across southwest North America. The Colorado Desert region encompasses approximately 7 million acres (2,800,000 ha), reaching from the Mexican border in… …   Wikipedia

• North American Desert — ▪ region, North America Introduction  vast, irregular belt of inhospitable terrain (desert) that stretches north to south down the western side of the North American continent from southern Oregon and Idaho to northern Mexico. It roughly… …   Universalium

• Karakum Desert — or Kara Kum Desert Desert area, Central Asia. Located in Turkmenistan, it is bounded to the east by the Amu Darya valley. It can be divided into three major regions: the elevated and wind eroded Trans Unguz in the north, the low lying central… …   Universalium

• river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …   Universalium