Sahara Desert The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest desert area. The word Sahara comes from the Arabic word sahra’‚ meaning desert. It extends from the Africa’s Atlantic Ocean side to the Red Sea and consists of the countries of Morocco‚ Algeria‚ Tunisia‚ Libya‚ Egypt‚ Mauritania‚ Mali‚ Niger‚ Chad‚ and Sudan. It is about 5‚200 miles long. Overall‚ the Sahara Desert covers 3‚500‚000 square miles. The geography of the desert is varied. In the west‚ the Sahara is rocky with varied elevation
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Stranded In the middle of a derelict‚ isolated village‚ torrential rain hammered down. The midnight moon hovered over the rough snowy mountains. Werewolves howled louder than the foghorn in the distance. We were marooned and stranded feeling anxious about what our next move was going to be. It felt like a life or death moment. This sought of excitement seemed to be only in novels‚ not real life. We really needed to act quickly to stand a chance of survival. It was happening to us and our chances
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been decades since I last visited the Gobi Desert. Back in then‚ I was still a secondary student who was amazed by this Asia "endless sea". Time flies‚ I am now studying the mysterious Gobi Desert as a geologist. By comparing my research data collected recently with my previous knowledge and memories about the desert‚ I am shocked by its external and internal change. Stretching from South Mongolia to China‚ Gobi Desert is the world fifth-largest desert. With wonders like the Silk Road‚ the remote
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DESERT STORM AND THE MIDDLE EASTERN TURBULANCE - Abdulla Madumoole The Imam of Grand Masjid in Mecca declares during a Friday sermon recently “revolting against the rulers is haram or prohibited in Islam”‚ Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei says a movement of Islamic nations is started in the Middle East region for achieving Islamic objectives‚ Muammer Gaddafi says yet another thing – rebels in Libya are orchestrated by Al Qaida. Different leaders interpret differently the happenings of the past few
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Food Deserts There is growing trend of cities across the United States that do not have access to food such as places in Buffalo‚ Baltimore‚ or Detroit. According to the USDA‚ a food desert is to qualify as a “low-access community‚” at least 500 people and/or at least 33 percent of the census tract ’s population must reside more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store (for rural census tracts‚ the distance is more than 10 miles). You can even look up a food desert locater
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to a just desert. The just desert theory is a practical concept that purports a punishment is needed to preserve the social equity disturbed by crime; however‚ the level of punishment should be fitting with the crime. The Just desert model suggests that retribution justifies punishment because individuals deserve what they received for past deeds‚ but punishment based on deterrence is wrong because it involves an offender’s future actions‚ which cannot be predicted. Under the just desert theory the
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The Desert Biome Natashia Granger Bio/101 The Desert The desert is a dry barren area of land; it is in the Southwestern United States or areas of extreme heat and dryness. Deserts characteristically receive less than ten inches of precipitation a year. About one fifth of Earth’s surface is desert. Desert can be hot or cold
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to John Muir‚ “In every walk with nature‚ one receives far more than he seeks.” Desert hikers explore a desert for things such as different species of animals‚ a new environment or even a vacation. Not only for the enjoyment‚ but some may go out for business references. Regardless of‚ they must fully prepare themselves in order to survive in a desert. Inexperienced desert hikers do not fully prepare. Because some desert hikers are inexperienced‚ many dangers await them such as‚ the scorching heat‚
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Now on to the next Desert‚ situated along the border of America (Arizona and California) and Mexico lies another important region the Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran occupies 100‚000 square miles along the two countries. The Sonoran is the result of a rain shadow desert being bordered by the Peninsular Ranges in California as well as being in a latitude around 30 being effected by the Subtropical high. The Subtropical high is an area from the 20 -40 latitude where air subsides by compression leading
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The Ecosystem - Deserts An Ecosystem is a biodiversity community where biotic and abiotic elements inhabit the same environment. There are many types of ecosystems located throughout the world and one of which is known as the Gobi desert. The Gobi is a large desert region that scales from 500‚000 square miles and spans across two countries (China and southern Mongolia) covering parts of northern and northwestern China. Like all deserts‚ the Gobi desert is a cold biome desert that consists
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