10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAND DESERT»
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sand desert in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sand desert and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lines in the
Sand:
Desert Storm and the Remaking of the Arab ...
A journalist's firsthand account of Operation Desert Storm sheds new light on the causes and consequences of the war and discusses why the region remains politically unstable
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Arabian Deserts: Nature, Origin and Evolution
Providing coverage of the deserts of Arabia, this volume describes distinctive landforms of Arabia deserts.
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Sand Dune Stabilization, Shelterbelts and Afforestation in ...
INTRO TUCTION Aerial extent of sand and sand dunes are no measure of aridity
in a region although sand desert and sand dunes are normally expected in
desert landscape. In many arid regions sand covered areas may be very small.
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Aralkum - a Man-Made
Desert: The Desiccated Floor of the ...
area area area percentage of sand desert), [approximate (106 rem') (103 kmz) (
103 rem') Location percentage of salt desert] Sahara, subtropical ZBHI (including
the 9.25 2750 220 N orthem Africa 70% gravel, rock plains. Contrary to popular ...
Siegmar-W. Breckle, Walter Wucherer, Liliya A. Dimeyeva,
2011
Deserts of sand and deserts of snow: both alike repel man. Both are largely or
wholly destitute of vegetation, of wood and of water. The yellow desolate waste of
the sand desert is matched by the monotonous white surface of the snow desert.
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Drylands Development and Combating Desertification: ...
3.2 Wu Zheng (cf. bibl. entry 97) has offered another definition: desertification is
the environmental formation or development of a sand desert— a deterioration
process. A desert is the last or terminal result of the process and reflects a distinct
...
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Physics and Modelling of Wind Erosion
Chinese Deserts Area Deposition Total Deposition Comments (104 km2) g
m_2mon-1 Tgyr-1 Takla Makan 33.76 37.5 (9.2-158.3) 150 (37-630) Sand desert
Gurbantunggut 4.88 10.8 (3.1-22.5) 6.2 (1.8-13) Sand desert Tsaidam Basin 3.49
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Hunter and Habitat in the Central Kalahari
Desert
Non-Aboriginal material.
George B. Silberbauer,
1981
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Pastoral Systems in Marginal Environments: Proceedings of a ...
43.9 kg; s.e.d. 0.45) between flocks based in the southern sandclay desert and
migratory, those based in the sand-clay desert but resident all year round and
those based in the northern sand desert. Table 2 Water and feed availability and
...
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Geomorphology and Environmental Sustainability: Felicitation ...
The former extensions of the Great Indian Sand Desert. Geographical Journal,
139: 243-257. Harsh, L.N., Tewari, J.C. and Kumar, S. 1 995. Sand dune fixation
and afforestation in arid regions. In, Land Degradation and Desertification in Asia
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4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAND DESERT»
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sand desert is used in the context of the following news items.
A Desert Spider With Astonishing Moves
Dr. Rechenberg spotted the spider five years ago while taking an evening stroll (with a bright flashlight) in Erg Chebbi, a sand desert in southeastern Morocco. «New York Times, May 14»
Range Rover Sport conquers world's biggest sand desert
The Empty Quarter in Saudi Arabia is the world's biggest sand desert and one ... first and get across the vast expanse of sand dunes in a day with the new Sport. «Cars Guide, Dec 13»
Crossing the largest sand desert in a Range Rover Sport
Last month, a Range Rover Sport managed to cross Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter, the largest sand desert in the world, in record time, traveling east to west ... «AutoWeek, Dec 13»
Range Rover Sport Sets Fastest Desert Crossing Time with Avg …
The SUV set the fastest time for a land vehicle crossing of the “Empty Quarter”, the largest sand desert in the world and the second largest desert overall after the ... «Carscoops, Nov 13»