In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation - less than 250 mm per year.

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magazine article: "Only the desert has a fascination—to ride alone—in the sun in the forever—unpossessed country—away from man. That is a great temptation." Read article

word game: Desert animals: Do you know a dingo from a coyote and a fennec fox from a jerboa?. Play game

story. Not a Drop to Drink: The Romans tried to bring water to the desert 2000 years ago. A Portuguese explorer tried the same thing in 1777. Will the narrator of this story, with the use of modern technology, succeed where the others failed? Read story

story: The Stranger: In the middle of an Arizona desert night, a group of explorers are approached by a mysterious stranger with a tale to tell. Read story

cartoon: "Do you know why we coyotes are different from fleas?" "No, why ...?" See cartoon

trivia: Wordplay: The Saharan Desert is an anagram of Sand's a threat here. See more deserts trivia

links: Deserts of our World See more links

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