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	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Arabian Desert
		The desert occupies much of the southern interior of the peninsula, from the highlands of the Nejd (to the north) to the plateaus of Hadhramaut (to the south);...
		It is bordered on the W by the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea, on the S by the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, on the E by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, and on the N by Iraq and Jordan.
		It is bounded on the west by the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea; on the east by the Persian Gulf, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates; on the south by...
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Arabian+Desert (1441 words)

	Arabian Desert - MSN Encarta
		Arabian Desert or Eastern Desert, arid region, eastern Egypt, lying between the Mediterranean Sea on the north, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez on the east, the Nubian Desert (along latitude 22° N) on the south, and the Nile River on the west.
		The western edge of the desert is demarcated by cliffs that rise steeply from the Nile Valley.
		The name Arabian Desert is also applied popularly to the Rub‘ al Khali (Empty Quarter), also called the Great Sandy Desert, of the Arabian Peninsula, one of the hottest and most sparsely inhabited sand dune deserts of the world.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761552585/Arabian_Desert.html (193 words)

	Desert Bred Arabian Stud
		Desert type in a broader sense cannot merely be limited to a certain shape perceived by the eye but must also include physical ability along with the proper attitude and desire to perform in an exemplary manner.
		The Kuhaylan strain at Desert Bred Arabian Stud is represented by three branches: The Kuhaylan Ajuz descending from the Saâud mare, Turfa, The Kuhaylan Haifi descending from the Davenport mare, Reshan and the Kuhaylan Krush descending from the Davenport mare, *Werdi.
		The Orloff Trotter of Russia, the Percheron of France and the European Arabian all have the Desert Bred Arabian as a common denominator.
	www.desertbred.com /BedouinHistory.html (2761 words)

	arabian desert (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Arabian Desert, arid region, eastern Egypt, lying between the Mediterranean Sea on the north, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez on the east, the Nubian Desert (along latitude 22° N) on the south, and the Nile River on the west.
		The western edge of the desert is demarcated by cliffs that rise steeply from the Nile Valley.
		The name Arabian Desert is also applied popularly to the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter), also called the Great Sandy Desert, of the Arabian Peninsula, one of the hottest and most sparsely inhabited sand dune deserts of the world.
	library.thinkquest.org /C007160/arabian.htm (266 words)

	Arabian Peninsula - MSN Encarta
		Arabian Peninsula, great desert peninsula in extreme south-west Asia, bordered on the north by Jordan and Iraq, on the east by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, on the south by the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and on the west by the Red Sea.
		Until comparatively recent times knowledge of the Arabian Peninsula was limited to that provided by ancient Greek and Roman writers and by early Arab geographers; much of this material was unreliable.
		The earliest known events in Arabian history are migrations from the peninsula into neighbouring areas.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761556449/Arabian_Peninsula.html (636 words)

	Arabian Nights Tickets
		Located just minutes from the Walt Disney World Resorts and conveniently on Highway 192, Arabian Nights dinner theater is located near all of the major Orlando attractions and boasts one of the most exciting dinner shows in town.
		Arabian Nights is home to some of the oldest domesticated breeds of horses in the world.
		Mark Miller, the owner of Arabian Nights, once dreamed that one day, there would be a place where the best trainers and the greatest riders could work together hand-in-hand to help create the greatest equestrian show on earth.
	www.greatorlandodiscounts.com /arabian.htm (725 words)

	Desert (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Deserts, caused by wind patterns and climate, are often located in regions along both the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
		Deserts are composed of sand, but not the same sand as found on beaches, desert sand is larger and rounder.
		The Dipsosaurus dorsalis (desert iguana) is a common inhabitant of the Patagonia desert in Argentina.
	nhs.needham.k12.ma.us /cur/Bio96_97/P3/desert/desertjk.html (601 words)

	The Arabian Horse - Page 1
		The Arabian horse is the most typical and pure representative of the oriental type (group) horse and the most refined and beautiful horse among all the breeds of horses as well.
		The homeland of the Arabian horse is the Arabian Peninsula that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea and covers an area the size of half Europe.
		The deserts are mostly rocky or sandy and water is scarce everywhere.
	horsecare.stablemade.com /_articles/arabian.htm (1380 words)

	arabian desert information
		Desert soil is often composed mostly of sand and sand dunes may be present.
		The Thar Desert of India and the Cholistan Desert of Pakistan are parts of a monsoon desert region west of the ranqe.
		Polar deserts are areas with annual precipitation less than 250 millimeters and a mean temperature during the warmest month of less than 10° C. Polar deserts on Earth cover nearly 5 million square kilometers and are mostly bedrock or gravel plains.
	www.global-terror.com /saudi-arabia/arabian-desert.htm (2748 words)

	AllRefer.com - Arabian Desert, Africa (African Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Arabian Desert or Eastern Desert, c.86,000 sq mi (222,740 sq km), E Egypt, bordered by the Nile valley in the west and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez in the east.
		The Arabian Desert is sparsely populated; most of its inhabitants are based around wells and springs.
		The name Arabian Desert is also commonly applied to the desert of the Arabian Peninsula.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/ArabianD.html (224 words)

	Horse Art Collection - Horse Breed - Arabian
		An introduction to the Arabian horse, one of the oldest and purest of horse breeds.
		The harsh desert environment ensured that only the strongest and keenest horse survived, and it was responsible for many of the physical characteristics distinguishing the breed to this day.
		While other, desert type breeds developed in North Africa and the periphery of the Great Desert, they were definitely not of the same blood as Arabians and were disdained by the proud Bedouin.
	www.horseartcollection.com /breed_arabian.php (3061 words)

	The Arabian Desert (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The desert covers parts of five countries and is made up of three different desert areas.
		The landscape is constantly changing because of the winds blowing the sands in the Arabian Desert.
		This desert is the farthest north and is the coldest of the ten biggest deserts.
	www.yutan.esu2.org /elem/desert/worldsdesertsreports.htm (2148 words)

	Welcome to Arabian Horses.org - Education
		Historically, the Arabian was a war horse capable of withstanding the extreme conditions of the Arabian desert and covering long distances, while moving quickly in and out of battle.
		He was also a close companion of the desert Bedouins evolving a pleasant personality and an affinity for humans.
		The traits that were bred into the Arabian through ancient times created a versatile horse that is not only a beautiful breed, but one that excels at many activities.
	www.arabianhorses.org /education/education_versatile.asp (278 words)

	Arabian Oryx Project - The Arabian Oryx - Desert Adaptation
		The Arabian oryx is very white and with the sun behind an observer a single animal in the open is clearly visible to the unaided human eye up to 3 km distant.
		This is because of a combination of effects: a ubiquitous 'white' light due to atmospheric dust and heat shimmer reduces visibility and definition, and the oryx often lie in shallow scrapes under trees with their horn tips lost against the canopy.
		Arabian oryx calves are a sandy-brown colour for the first 2-3 months of their lives, in common with the other species.
	www.oryxoman.com /desertadapt2.html (266 words)

	The Living Desert - Arabian Oryx
		Arabian oryx are the smallest oryx, measuring four feet high at the shoulder.
		Arabian oryx's former habitat was the stony, sandy desert regions of the Arabian and Sinai Peninsula, Jordan, Syria and Iraq.
		The long-term aim is to reestablish a viable population.
	www.livingdesert.org /animals/arabian_oryx.asp (409 words)

	The Arabian Breed
		The Egyptian Arabian breed is the champion of all horses and the epitome of equine beauty.
		Arabians are the oldest of all light breeds, differing largely in their lack of selective breeding throughout the centuries.
		Arabian horses are an integral part of families for many horse enthusiasts across the nation, with prices similar to that of other popular breeds.
	www.foxmeadowarabians.com /arabianbreed/index.html (345 words)

	Desert Rose Ranch FAQ
		Desert Roses are a form of chalcedony and are found in many areas in the Western United States and other desert regions of the world.
		Within the Arabian breed are several sub categories such as Polish, Russian, Spanish, Crabbett, etc which relates to where purebred Arabian horses were exported to and then bred for specific geographical or desired traits.
		They first must be eligible to be registered as a pure bred in the Arabian Horse Registry (AHR) and one who traces in every line of its pedigree to horses born in the Arabian Desert.
	www.desert-rose-arabians.com /html/faq.html (934 words)

	The Eastern Desert and Red Sea Coast, Part I
		In Egypt, the desert areas are divided by the Nile, which runs south to north, and these separate regions are most frequently referred to as the Western and Eastern deserts.
		The southern desert areas and especially the gold deposits in the Wadi Barramiya and the Wadi Mia across from Edfu were controlled by the viceroy of Nubia.
		In the northern region of the Eastern Desert, the pharaonic roads cannot be accurately traced, and the road that ran parallel to the Red Sea coast cannot be mapped.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/easterndeserta.htm (3232 words)

	Breeds of Livestock - Arabian Horse (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Arabian was also bred to withstand long treks across the desert and the tribal wars which sometimes followed such trips.
		The Byerly Turk, Darley Arabian and Godolphin Arabian are conspicuous in English Thoroughbred pedigrees.
		Today, Arabians are found throughout the world and the blood of Arabians flows in all breeds of light horses.
	www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/horses/arabian (351 words)

	Spotlight on Nation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The People's Republic of Arabian Desert is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its strong anti-business politics.
		Arabian Desert's national animal is the camel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the gold gram.
		Arabian Desert is ranked 18th in the region and 99,703rd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry.
	www.nationstates.net /-1/page=display_nation/nation=arabian_desert (250 words)

	Arabian Blood (The Keene Richards Importation)
		Richards was nicely on the way to success with his importations of Arabian stallions and mares direct from the desert, the Civil War came, with all of its devastation over his native and other southern states.
		Richards' Arabians, which are, in a great degree, responsible for the present excellent race of saddle horses which originally came from Kentucky, a shown by the Denmark saddle horse stud books, now the American Bred Saddle horse.
		Unfortunately the blood of this and many other Arabians of priceless breeding and beauty among the early importations were scattered to the four winds and lost to present-day breeders who are zealously guarding and breeding Arabians in all their original purity in this country today.
	www.wiwfarm.com /ArabBloodBH.html (1726 words)

	GMC Yukon Desert Safari - Drive Arabia - Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates
		Arabian Adventures have been using the GMC Yukon for almost three years and it has quickly become a favourite with its team of off-road drivers.
		The Arabian Adventures team taught us journalists all about desert driving techniques before giving us the opportunity to get behind the wheel to put the GMC Yukon through its paces on our very own desert dune drive.
		Our designated Arabian Adventures desert driver, Nigesh, showed us the ropes as we ventured into a closed off conservation area in the middle of the desert, surrounded by camels, bushes and dunes.
	www.drivearabia.com /features/06gmcyukondesertsafari.html (717 words)

	Animal Info - Arabian Oryx
		Prior to its extinction in the wild, it is believed to have occurred in flat and undulating gravel plains intersected by shallow wadis and depressions, and the dunes edging sand deserts, with a diverse vegetation of trees, shrubs, herbs, and grasses.
		The Arabian oryx is believed to have occurred in flat and undulating gravel plains intersected by shallow wadis and depressions, and the dunes edging sand deserts, with a diverse vegetation of trees, shrubs, herbs, and grasses.
		Genetic analyses of the re-introduced Omani population of Arabian oryx in 1995 confirmed that the re-introduced population did not carry all of the genetic variation of the aboriginal population.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/artiperi/oryxleuc.htm (1446 words)

	Desert Animal Printouts - EnchantedLearning.com
		Animals that live in the desert have adaptations to cope with the lack of water, the extreme temperatures, and the shortage of food.
		To avoid daytime heat, many desert animals are nocturnal; they burrow beneath the surface or hide in the shade during the day, emerging at night to eat.
		Arabian Horses are a distinctive and elegant breed of riding horses that were bred by Bedouins thousands of years ago.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /biomes/desert/desert.shtml (1270 words)

	Arabian desert - AskTheBrain.com
		The Arabian horse originated in the deserts of the Middle East, and was used by the Bedouin tribes for their ability to travel vast distances without tiring, and these traits continue in the Arabian horse today.
		Perhaps it was the wind and sand of the Arabian deserts which gave the minds of the original followers of Mahomet their tendency to bow to kismet.
		After eight years in the deserts of the Arabian peninsula the party were ready to travel to their promised land and built their ship at the place called Bountiful.
	www.askthebrain.com /arabian_desert-.html (410 words)

	Arabian Desert (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is a vast desert wilderness stretching from Yemen to the Arabian Gulf and Oman toJordan and Iraq.
		A corridor of sandy terrain known as the ad-Dahna desert connects the large an-Nafud desert (65,000 km²) in the north of Saudi Arabia to the Rub' al-Khali in the south.
		The Rub' al-Khali [1] desert is a sedimentary basin elongated on asouthwest to northeast axis across the Arabian shelf.
	www.therfcc.org /arabian-desert-107221.html (909 words)

	Hot Desert
		The Desert Tortoises is a land dwelling turtle belonging to the Testudinidae family.
		The Desert Tortoise is also known as a gopher tortoise because it belongs to one of 4 species of the Gopherus genus.
		The desert toad is olive green in color with a white "wart" bumpy area near the jaw and on the back legs.
	www.rbcarlton.com /hotdesert.htm (779 words)

	The Eastern Desert and Red Sea Coast, Part I
		In Egypt, the desert areas are divided by the Nile, which runs south to north, and these separate regions are most frequently referred to as the Western and Eastern deserts.
		The southern desert areas and especially the gold deposits in the Wadi Barramiya and the Wadi Mia across from Edfu were controlled by the viceroy of Nubia.
		In the northern region of the Eastern Desert, the pharaonic roads cannot be accurately traced, and the road that ran parallel to the Red Sea coast cannot be mapped.
	touregypt.net /featurestories/easterndeserta.htm (3232 words)

	Historical Articles:Arabian Blood (The Keene Richards Importation)
		Richards was nicely on the way to success with his importations of Arabian stallions and mares direct from the desert, the Civil War came, with all of its devastation over his native and other southern states.
		Richards' Arabians, which are, in a great degree, responsible for the present excellent race of saddle horses which originally came from Kentucky, a shown by the Denmark saddle horse stud books, now the American Bred Saddle horse.
		Unfortunately the blood of this and many other Arabians of priceless breeding and beauty among the early importations were scattered to the four winds and lost to present-day breeders who are zealously guarding and breeding Arabians in all their original purity in this country today.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Estates/3095/ArabBloodBH.html (1741 words)

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