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Joshua Tree National Park

(Encyclopedia)Joshua Tree National Park, 1,022,703 acres (414,050 hectares), S California. Lying between the high Mojave Desert and the low Colorado Desert, this park has a unique ecosystem in which are preserved r...

Mojave Trails National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Mojave Trails National Monument, 1.6 million acres (647,000 hectares), SE California. Linking Joshua Tree National Park and Mojave National Preserve, it follows the trails of the Chemehuevi people, a ...

Ordos

(Encyclopedia)Ordos ôrˈdōs [key], Mandarin Erdesi, sandy desert plateau region, c.35,000 sq mi (90,650 sq km), Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, N China; almost encircled by the great northern bend of the Huang...

Kizil Kum

(Encyclopedia)Kizil Kum, desert: see Kyzyl Kum. ...

Dophkah

(Encyclopedia)Dophkah dŏfˈkə [key], in the Bible, desert camp. ...

Aral Kara Kum

(Encyclopedia)Aral Kara Kum, desert, Kazakhstan: see Kara Kum. ...

Hashmonah

(Encyclopedia)Hashmonah hăshmōˈnə [key], in the Bible, unidentified desert place of encampment on the Exodus. ...

Namaqualand

(Encyclopedia)Namaqualand näˈməlănd [key], region, c.150,000 sq mi (388,500 sq km), SW Africa. It extends from Windhoek, Namibia, in the north to Northern Cape, South Africa, in the south and from the Namib Des...

iguana

(Encyclopedia)iguana ĭgwäˈnə [key], name for several large lizards of the family Iguanidae, found in tropical America and the Galapagos. The common iguana (Iguana iguana) is a tree-living, strictly vegetarian s...

Jeshimon

(Encyclopedia)Jeshimon jĕshˈĭmŏn [key], in the Bible, desert, the Wilderness of Judah, between the hill country and the Dead Sea. ...