Alluvial plain — An alluvial plain is a relatively flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A floodplain is part of the process, being the… … Wikipedia
Desert tortoise — Desert tortoise, G. agassizii Conservation status … Wikipedia
Desert pavement — near Barstow, California, in the Mojave Desert. A desert pavement is a desert surface that is covered with closely packed, interlocking angular or rounded rock fragments of pebble and cobble size … Wikipedia
alluvial fan — Physical Geog. a fan shaped alluvial deposit formed by a stream where its velocity is abruptly decreased, as at the mouth of a ravine or at the foot of a mountain. Also called alluvial cone. [1870 75] * * * ▪ geological feature unconsolidated… … Universalium
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
Alluvial fan — An alluvial fan is a fan shaped deposit formed where a fast flowing stream flattens, slows, and spreads typically at the exit of a canyon onto a flatter plain. A convergence of neighboring alluvial fans into a single apron of deposits against a… … Wikipedia
Desert Tortoise — Taxobox name = Desert Tortoise status = VU status system = iucn2.3 image caption = Desert Tortoise, G. agassizii regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida ordo = Testudines subordo = Cryptodira superfamilia = Testudinoidea familia … Wikipedia
desert — Synonyms and related words: Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Lebensraum, Sahara, Saharan, abandon, abscond, absquatulate, acarpous, advantageousness, agreeableness, air space, alkali flat, alluvial plain, anhydrous, apostacize, apostatize, arid,… … Moby Thesaurus
Takla Makan Desert — Chinese Taklimakan Shamo or T a k o la ma kan Sha mo Desert, forming the greater part of the Tarim River basin, west central China. One of the world s largest sandy wastes, it is about 600 mi (965 km) across, with an area of 105,000 sq mi… … Universalium
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
