n. 25B6; noun an African desert : WASTELAND, wastes, wilderness, wilds, barren land; dust bowl. See list.
25B6; adjective
desert conditions : ARID, dry, moistureless, parched, scorched, hot; barren, bare, stark, infertile, unfruitful, dehydrated, sterile.
a desert island : UNINHABITED, empty, lonely, desolate, bleak; wild, uncultivated.
fertile.
Deserts
desert location
Arabian or Eastern Egypt
Atacama Chile
Chihuahuan USA and Mexico
Colorado USA
Danakil Depression Ethiopia and Djibouti
Death Valley USA
Gibson Australia
Gobi Mongolia and China
Great Basin USA
Great Sand Sea Libya and Egypt
Great Sandy Australia
Great Victoria Australia
Kalahari South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana
Kara Kum Turkmenistan
Kyzyl Kum Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Libyan Libya
Lut Iran
Mojave USA
Nafud Saudi Arabia
Namib Namibia
Negev Israel
Nubian Sudan
Ogaden Ethiopa
Painted USA
Patagonian Argentina
Qattara Depression NE Africa
Rub' al Khali Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, and United Arab Emirates
Sahara North Africa
Simpson Australia
Sonora USA and Mexico
Sturt Australia
Syrian Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia
Taklimakan China
Thar or Great Indian India and Pakistan