PBHS Deserts
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| Covered by solid water; considered a desert because of its lack of precipitation; a continent | Antarctica
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| Largest hot desert; western part is bound to the north by the Atlas Mountains and it is bound by the Sahel to the South; | Sahara Desert
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| Due to rain shadow of the Andes, it is the driest desert in the world; located in Chile; largest source of sodium nitrate | Atacama Desert
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| In South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia; uranium deposits; home to the San Bushmen (clicking language) | Kalahari Desert
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| Asia's largest; China and Mongolia; important role in silk road trading route | Gobi Desert
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| largest in South America; mostly in Argentina; | Patagonian Desert
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| largest in North America; straddles U.S.-Mexican border in Mexico, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona | Chihuahuan Desert
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| 2nd largest in South America | Atacama Desert
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| Largest in U.S.; a cool or cold desert; located in the Great Basin | Great Basin Desert
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| 3rd largest in No. America; located in Mexico, Arizona, and California | Sonoran Desert
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| 2nd largest hot desert in the world | Kalahari
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| largest in Australia | Great Victoria Desert
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| 2nd largest in Australia | Great Sandy Desert
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| part of the Arabian desert; its name means "empty quarter" | Rub' al-Khali Desert
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| Between the Great Basin and the Sonoran; contains Death Valley; strongly associated with the Joshua Tree | Mojave Desert
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| Northern Arizona; shared by the Grand Canyon and Petrified National Forest Park; known for colorful banded rock formations | Painted Desert
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| thought to be the oldest desert in the world; home of Welwitschia--known as a living fossil; Namibia and Angola; | Namib Desert
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