DesertUSA is an online travel and adventure guide to the desert regions of the American Southwest ...

DesertUSA is an online travel and adventure guide to the desert regions of the American Southwest ...

Lots of links to our many exciting and informative pages about the North American deserts and desert Life in the American Southwest. Includes links to desert plants, animals, people and the geology of the North America deserts.

Non-graphical site index webmaster@dri.edu ...

Home page of the Arid Lands Newsletter, a twice-yearly publication of the Office of Arid Lands Studies, the University of Arizona. The purpose of the Arid Lands Newsletter is to explore events and issues of interest to arid lands researchers, resource managers, and policy makers around the globe.

A wide variety of data and geographical information for mapping the Mojave Desert Ecosystem ...

Deserts and other drylands constitute more than 40% of the global land area. Global environmental changes such as global warming and further desertification of drylands threaten 900 million people in 100 countries. The goal of the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research (BIDR) is to carry out research on the desert environment, required for promoting sustainable uses of the Negev ...

The Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) exists to protect, defend and restore forever the health of Oregon's native deserts.

Biological Soil Crust Web Site Sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and US Geological Survey.

TABLE OF CONTENTS FIRST ROW: Granite Mountain in the Great Basin Desert (photograph by Terrence Moore). SECOND ROW: Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California; Sonoran Desert (photographs by Peter Kresan). THIRD ROW: Artists Point in Monument Valley (photograph by Peter Kresan); Death Valley, California (photograph by Cecil Stoughton). FOURTH ROW: Cacti in the Sonoran Desert (photograph by John ...

Picture Index and Desert Links Welcome to the Desert Studies Center Located in a haven of natural ponds, dry lakes, and foothills in the Mojave Desert, east of Barstow, DSC, a field station of the California State University (CSU), provides the opportunity for individuals and groups to conduct research, receive instruction and experience the desert environment. What's New at DSC Take a look at ...

In Namib, it is night, and a whole new world is emerging. Broadcast Info | Purchase Video | Earth, Wind, and Fire | Recalling Namib Trivia Challenge | 24 Hours in Namib | Teacher's Resources Related Links | Screen Saver | Credits ...

Highsonoran.com hikethecanyon.com We're Closer to Preserving This Land... But We Still Have Lots To Lose. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After years of work by MSLT and our friends, we have the opportunity to save state land in the Northern part of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. We need your help and continued commitment of support. For your information, click on one of the links below to ...

Home page for Amargosa Desert Research Site ...

Welcome to the Sonoran Desert Expedition Follow photographer Jack Dykinga, writer Chuck Bowden, and desert expert Bill Broyles as they uncover the beauty and harshness of this enviroment they are trying so hard to protect.The phohtography is nature photography at its best. The site is featured full multimedia experience based in Flash. Enjoy One World Journeys ...

What our ancestors called a wasteland, we now know is the last great treasure in the continental United States-the blazing heart of the Sonoran desert, the lushest badland of them all. Now, on both sides of the U.S. and the Mexican border are activities designed to protect the Sonoran desert. The opportunity is simple: in an effort to save this area for generations to come, there is a proposal to create the Sonoran Desert National Park. It will be the greatest transnational biological reserve on earth, a pa

EXPLORING THE ATACAMA The Atacama Desert of Chile is a sparsely populated virtually rainless plateau, running from the Pacific Ocean to the Andes Mountains. The average width is less than 100 miles but it extends 600 miles south from the Peruvian border. The mountains nearest the ocean are the Pacific coastal range, with an average elevation of 2500 feet. The Cordillera Domeyko, a range of ...

The Chihuahuan Desert Region An Overview Map Flora Fauna Elevation/Climate A desert region can be defined many ways. To a physical scientist such as a meteorologist, a desert can be defined as an area receiving an average annual rainfall of 10 or less. On the other hand, a biologist will consider how moisture moves through an ecosystem and the effect it will have on life forms. His definition ...

OneWorld Magazine would like you to experience the diversity and cultural richness of the world's deserts, if only virtually. Our writer contributors include Tony Hillerman, Philip K.Hitti, Terry Tempest Williams, Edward Abbey, David Hurst Thomas, Pat Little Dog, John Nichols, Geoffrey Moorhouse, Peter Mansfield, Michael Asher, Wilfred Thesiger, William Langewiesche, Richard Burton, ...

What is a desert Learn what it takes to be a desert.

OneWorld Magazine would like you to experience the diversity and cultural richness of the world's deserts, if only virtually. Our writer contributors include Tony Hillerman, Philip K.Hitti, Terry Tempest Williams, Edward Abbey, David Hurst Thomas, Pat Little Dog, John Nichols, Geoffrey Moorhouse, Peter Mansfield, Michael Asher, Wilfred Thesiger, William Langewiesche, ...

OneWorld Magazine would like you to experience the diversity and cultural richness of the world's deserts, if only virtually. Our writer contributors include Tony Hillerman, Philip K.Hitti, Terry Tempest Williams, Edward Abbey, David Hurst Thomas, Pat Little Dog, John Nichols, Geoffrey Moorhouse, Peter Mansfield, Michael Asher, Wilfred Thesiger, William Langewiesche, ...