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Missouri Botanical Garden: Hot Deserts of the World

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out about the sizes, physical features, and plant and animal life of some of the world's great deserts, including the Arabian, the Great Sandy, the Chihuahuan, the Kalahari, the Mojave, the Sahara, the Sonoran, and the Thar deserts.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Desert Trees

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo shows a number of desert trees that are found living in the hot, harsh, desert environment.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Vegetation of North America, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1916 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean to Puerto Rico showing the general distribution of vegetation types in the region. The map is color-coded to show natural vegetation in areas of ice desert,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vegetation Map of Europe, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Europe showing areas of different types of natural vegetation including tundra and alpine flora, coniferous forests, broadleaf forests and meadows, temperate grasslands, deserts, and oases.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, Vegetation, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean to Puerto Rico showing the areas of primary vegetation types for the region. The map is color-coded to show areas of forests, areas of woodland, grass, and...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Vegetation Distribution of South America, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 of South America showing the distribution of vegetation types. The map is color-coded to show regions of forests, regions of woodlands, grass, and cultivation, regions of steppes and prairies, desert regions, and regions...
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Unesco: Niger: Air and Tenere Natural Reserves

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the largest protected area in Africa, covering some 7.7 million ha, though the area considered a protected sanctuary constitutes only one-sixth of the total area. It includes the volcanic rock mass of the Air, a small Sahelian...
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Unesco: Argentina: Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks

For Students 9th - 10th
These two contiguous parks, extending over 275,300 ha in the desert region on the western border of the Sierra Pampeanas of central Argentina, contain the most complete continental fossil record known from the Triassic Period (245-208...
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Unesco: South Africa: Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape

For Students 9th - 10th
The 160,000 ha Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape of dramatic mountainous desert in north-western South Africa constitutes a cultural landscape communally owned and managed. This site sustains the semi-nomadic pastoral...
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Eternal Egypt: Oryx Amulet

For Students 9th - 10th
The amulet depicts an oryx, a large desert-dwelling antelope that was hunted by the Egyptians. It is standing on the ground with plants attached to its neck.

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