Africa
This is the worlds largest hot desert and third largest desert overall.
Sahara Desert
The largest deset in Asia.
Gobi.
Moving around often in searh of food: not settled in one place.
Nomadic
The plains and desert of southern Argentina.
Pataonia
The ground at the bottom of a river.
Riverbed
An area in the desert where there are plants and water.
Oasis.
The forest barrier that the Chinese government goverment has created to try and stop the spread of the Gobi.
The Green Wall of China
A type of mammel that carries its young in a pouch.
Marsupial
The landforms of a piece of land.
Terrain.
A darkgray or black volcanic rock that looks like glass.
Basalt
This desert is a large basin on the central part of Africa, with a rich assortment of plants and wildlife.
Kalahari Desert
An area of coastal wetland, directly affected by the rise and fall of the tide.
Salt marsh
Small or short bushes and trees.
Scrub brush
A dry mountainous region covering roughly 54,00 quare miles across southeastern California.
Mojave Desert
Fuell, such as oil, natural gass and coal formed in the earth from the remains of living things.
Fossil Fuel
High, barren, rocky plateaus that are stripped down to solid bedrock.
Hamadas
Name 6 of the countries that make up the Arabian Peninsula.
Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Iraq.
The indigenous people of Australia.
The Aborigines
The lowest point in North America at 282 feet below sea level.
Death Valley
The two largest desets in the world.
Artic and Antartic
Name 6 countries that are part of the Sahara Desert.
Morrocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Algeria, Libya Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Mali, Mauritania.
relating to nomadic tribes of Arabia and North Africa.
Bedouin
The area in Australia that is so dry in some regions that it seems impossilbe that an creature could survive there.
The Outback
A dry area of land that sits on the side of a mountain facing away from the prevailing wind.
Rain shadow.
A natural or human process that turns fertile land into a desert.
Desertification