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	Desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In some parts of world deserts are created by a rain shadow effect in which air masses lose of their moisture as they move over mountain range ; other areas are arid by virtue being very far from the nearest available of moisture (this is true in some landmass interior locations particularly in Asia).
		Midlatitude deserts occur between 30° and 50° and S. poleward of the subtropical highpressure These deserts are in interior drainage basins far from oceans and have a range of annual temperatures.
		Rain shadow deserts are formed because tall ranges prevent moisture-rich clouds from reaching areas the lee or protected side of the As air rises over the mountain water precipitated and the air loses its moisture A desert is formed in the leeside of the range.
	www.freeglossary.com /Desert (2768 words)

	Little Desert National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Little Desert is a national park in Victoria, Australia), 375 kilometres west of Melbourne.
		The Little Desert receives an annual rainfall of about 480 millimetres (19 inches), though there is a gradient from 400 millimetres (16 inches) in the east to 600 millimetres (23.5 inches) near Naracoorte.
		Over time, the Little Desert became a national park, beginning in 1968 with the eastern third and completed in 1986 with the addition of two more blocks to the west, thus covering all the sandy areas up to the South Australian border.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_Desert_National_Park (568 words)

	Victoria: Little Desert
		Roughly 100 km north-west of the Grampians is the Little Desert National Park.
		Little Desert is largely sandy and flat but full of animal life including the remarkable mallee fowl.
		Little Desert is the territory of the Lowan, otherwise known as the Malleefowl, the amazing bird which builds mounds to incubate its eggs.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/features/walkpark/prog4.htm (4234 words)

	Learn more about Desert in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In physical geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation.
		Non-polar deserts are hot because they have little water.
		In many parts of the world deserts are created by a rain shadow effect in which air masses lose much of their moisture as they move over a mountain range.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /d/de/desert.html (322 words)

	DESERT#3
		Deserts have a varied species of animals that have adapted to the harsh climate of the desert.
		Deserts are usually located in areas near the equator.
		There is a shortage of precipitation in the desert receiving less than 25 centimeters a year, receiving the least rain in the spring & summer.
	ths.sps.lane.edu /biomes/desert3/desert3.html (1030 words)

	Desert - Gurupedia
		These deserts are in interior drainage basins far from oceans and have a wide range of annual temperatures.
		Crescent-shaped dunes are common in coastal deserts such as the Namib Desert, Africa, with prevailing onshore winds.
		Pakistan are parts of a monsoon desert region west of the ranqe.
	www.gurupedia.com /d/de/desert.htm (2580 words)

	Parks Victoria: Little Desert National Park page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Little Desert National Park is situated 375 km north-west of Melbourne.
		This was the first area of the Little Desert to be reserved, when 217 ha were set aside for the preservation of the Mallee Fowl.
		Little Desert National Park is 375 km from Melbourne, between the Wimmera River and the South Australian border (Melway ref: 519 H9).
	www.parkweb.vic.gov.au /1park_display.cfm?park=132 (1051 words)

	Desert Ecosystems - Environment
		The one thing that all deserts have in common, and what defines them as deserts, is the lack of precipitation.
		Desert conditions can be harsh, and the wildlife that lives there has had to adapt to the lack of water.
		Many desert plants are cacti or other succulents, with thick spongy flesh that can store water for long periods of time.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art19279.asp (354 words)

	Little Kulala
		Little Kulala is in a prime location on the western side of the reserve.
		Little Kulala has some of the design features of the established Kulala Desert Lodge, but is smaller and is situated on the dry Auab River bed.
		Little Kulala is situated 19km south of Sesriem on the D826 / C27 road.
	www.namibian.org /travel/lodging/private/kulalalittle.html (757 words)

	Australia and New Zealand 2001 - Emmalee Tarry
		The Little Desert Lodge is at the north end of this road just south of Nhil.
		At the entrance to Little Desert Lodge, I was surprised by this electrified fence and gate.
		The Little Desert Lodge was built by one man Whimpey Reichert and his family.
	www.neseabirds.com /Australia/ANZLittleDesertpage3.htm (1661 words)

	Little Kulala, Namib Desert, NAMIBIA
		Situated on over 46,000 ha of private property and bordering the Namib Naukluft Park, Little Kulala lies in the heart of the Namib on the western side of the Kulala Wilderness Reserve.
		Little Kulala has eight rooms, each with a private deck and en suite bathroom.
		The Namib Desert - with its lunar landscape and towering sand dunes - is the main reason many trave...
	www.e-gnu.com /little_kulala_namibia.html (285 words)

	An extract from Libby Robin's latest book: 'Defending the Little Desert'
		The part of the Little Desert she remembered, the eastern end, was never seriously under threat from any agricultural scheme, but by the time letters started appearing in metropolitan newspapers in 1969 about the 'Little Desert' the whole area was acquiring a unity in the mind of Melbourne people.
		She was shown around the Little Desert by local personalities, PL Williams, Alec Hicks and Avelyn Coutts, who referred to themselves as 'Three Blind Mice', because they refused to see the advantages of development in the Little Desert.
		The case she prepared about settlement in the Little Desert was a synthesis of expert opinions from diverse sources.
	www.lib.latrobe.edu.au /AHR/archive/Issue-September-1998/robin.html (1204 words)

	Rover T. Mutt's Desert Troubles
		The rocky ground, laden with the dying brush, the prickly cacti, and the gleaming wildflowers were being overrun by the grainy sands of the northern desert.
		The little desert fox gazed at the sandy dunes.
		For the little fox, the escape from the Northern Desert was nothing more than a blur in her mind.
	members.surfbest.net /blackpawsco/OddsNEnds/DesertTroubles.html (4966 words)

	Desert Animal Printouts - EnchantedLearning.com
		Desert plants (like cacti) are not abundant; neither is animal life.
		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.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /biomes/desert/desert.shtml (1270 words)

	little desert lodge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Now Victoria's second largest National Park, the Little Desert is a vast living wilderness of semi-arid country supporting a vegetation consisting mainly of 'Mallee' eucalypts and heath.
		Through the spring the desert is an enormous garden of wildflowers and during the summer months the Mallee fowl can be observed working on their mounds.
		Even before leaving the Lodge and exploring the surrounding desert with Whimpey, the visitor is able to gain a considerable knowledge of those elements that make the Little Desert so unique.
	www.heathcoteps.vic.edu.au /littledes/whatson.htm (748 words)

	Little America Travel Center: Grand America Hotels & Resorts
		Back in the eighteen-nineties when Little America's founder was a young man herding sheep in a dreary section of Wyoming, he became lost in a raging Northeast blizzard and was forced to camp out all night at the place where the original Little America now stands.
		In the nineteen-thirties when he saw Admiral Byrd's picture of "Little America" in the Antarctica and his isolation so many miles from his base camp, it reminded the founder of his experience in the Wyoming blizzard.
		The thought came back to fulfill his dream, to erect a haven of refuge on the spot of his harrowing experience.
	www.littleamerica.com /wyoming/the_legend.html (258 words)

	The Little Desert That Grew in Maine - New York Times
		On a clear late-summer morning with temperatures in the low 70’s, the “desert,” which emerges incongruously from the surrounding green hills, shimmered at 90 degrees from the reflected heat of its shifting dunes.
		The Desert of Maine is well known locally, according to Robert Doyle, a retired head of the Maine Geological Survey and former associate professor at the University of Maine at Augusta.
		The “desert” had made its entrance, and the more the soil eroded, the more the sand underneath was exposed.
	travel2.nytimes.com /2006/09/22/travel/escapes/22down.html (996 words)

	Images Australia - The Little Desert National Park, Photos, Music, Poetry
		The Little Desert National Park in the Wimmera region of Victoria has an abundance of flowering shrubs and wildflowers plus very distinctive native birds and in particular the mound-building malleefowl or lowan.
		The Little Desert National Park has astounding displays in spring of wildflowers and more than 600 plant species including 40 ground orchids.
		It has many native species of birds but the most important in this area is the malleefowl and this park is a great spot for study by naturalists of the native flora known as mallee scrub.
	www.imagesaustralia.com /littledesert.htm (270 words)

	Randsburg , California Revisited (DesertUSA)
		The community has survived the many perils the desert mining camps faced, and some of its residents still work the land for its hidden riches.
		Randsburg is located on the western Mojave Desert, near the El Paso Mountains and not far from Red Rock Canyon State Park.
		It's a little desert community built on the side of the mountain, a few strings of false-fronted buildings, lackadaisical sidewalks and collages of old cars, trucks and mining equipment.
	www.desertusa.com /mag99/may/stories/rands.html (903 words)

	Little Kulala Desert Lodge, Sossusvlei, Sand Dunes, Namibia
		Situated on over 21,0000 ha of private property and bordering the Namib Naukluft Park, Little Kulala lies in the heart of the Namib on the western side of the Kulala Wilderness Reserve and offers magnificent views of the famous red dunes of Sossusvlei as well as magnificent mountainous scenery and vast open plains.
		Eight thatched and canvas chalets or "Kulalas" (Kulala in the Namibian language "oshiwambo" means "to sleep") with en suite bathrooms are set on wooden platforms to provide maximum airflow.
		Another option is early morning ballooning, beginning at first light, the 60 minute balloon safari offers a truly unique experience to soar silently above the magnificent sand dunes and desert with a champagne breakfast being served at your landing site.
	www.tagasafaris.co.za /little-kulala-desert-lodge-namibia.htm (261 words)

	Desert Blogger - Exploring And Enjoying The Great American Deserts!
		Here you'll find little tips, tales and links to outdoor equipment, desert spots and cool stuff related (and unrelated, after all, it is MY site;) to camping, hiking and exploring the desert.
		This area of the desert is home to at least seven different varieties, with a couple being infamous for having the most lethal neuro-toxic venom.
		When ever I'm out hiking in the desert I look for rock formations like this when I want to take a break and get out of the sun for a while, maybe to take a nap or have a quick tea brew (I always carry a little canteen cup brew kit with me).
	www.desertblogger.com (3126 words)

	Little Desert Nature Lodge : Birdwatching
		The Little Desert is renowned as one of Australia's prime bird watching areas, with over 230 species recorded, including of course the Malleefowl.
		The Little Desert Nature Lodge caters specifically for bird watching groups, and our expert guides and local knowledge can help both the beginner and experienced birdwatcher alike.
		The Little Desert lies in an area of Australia that represents an overlap between the high-rainfall forest regions of the coast, and the dry desert areas of the inland.
	www.littledesertlodge.com.au /index.php?id=birds (252 words)

	A little desert comfort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Robinson and students Richard Morse and Dustin Gowett were going from room to room at the Middle School, gathering snack items and toiletries other youths had brought in.
		The students also learned about why some seemingly unusual items, such as flea collars and baby wipes, were needed, he said.
		Soldiers wash with the baby wipes, since showers are few in the desert.
	www.pressrepublican.com /Archive/2003/04_2003/041220035.htm (574 words)

	Australia and New Zealand 2001 - Emmalee Tarry
		I got there a little early, but they let me in anyway and I spent the afternoon birding on the grounds.
		The sanctuary consists of 3000 acres of fenced enclosure and another 9000 acres that is not yet fenced.
		Yookamura was built by a private individual who hoped to use tourism to finance conservation in the Little Desert Lodge model.
	www.neseabirds.com /Australia/ANZLittledesertpage4.htm (1147 words)

	VNPA Archives Box 1: Formation of VNPA & Little Desert Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Write-up by Ros Garnet "The Little Desert", 9 pp.
		Report to Conservation Council of Victoria and V.N.P.A. re Planning Appeal Tribunal Hearing 15 August 1978 against the refusal of the Kaniva Shire to allow subdivision adjoining Little Desert uncommitted land; refusal of subdivision was upheld.
		Record of proceedings of a conference held by the Wimmera Regional Committee to discuss the need for Crown reservations in schemes for the development of the Big and Little Deserts of the Wimmera Region held at Lowan Shire Office, Nhill on August 26 1964.
	www.vnpa.org.au /resources/archives/box1.htm (5383 words)

	Sedona Arizona: Meet One of Arizona's Favorite Little Desert Friends - Gambel's Quail - Page 1 - Gateway to Sedona
		The chattering, muttering and burbling that emanates from beneath desert scrub all over the Southwest can usually be attributed to the Gambel's Quail, one of Arizona's favorite little desert friends.
		Also called Desert quail, Gambel's quail are everywhere in the Arizona deserts under 6,000 feet.
		Quail demonstrate a fascinating synergy with the seasons of the desert in the way they reproduce.
	www.gatewaytosedona.com /article/id/546/page/1 (467 words)

	Little Desert Nature Lodge : Home
		A Conservation Initiative of the Little Desert Flora and Fauna Foundation Inc.
		Managed since 1976 by local “living treasure” Whimpey Reichelt, share in his knowledge and passion for the Little Desert including highlights such as:
		Little Desert Nature Lodge is an accredited tourism operator.
	www.littledesertlodge.com.au (115 words)

	Desert Scour: The Sand Viper Page
		Sometimes going months between meals and perhaps never in their lifetimes seeing standing water, they are at peace in the silent and desolate places of the Earth, proving truly that the strongest, the most persistent, and the most fiercely independent, shall survive.
		A native of southwest Africa from the Kalahari Desert to the Transvaal, they come in a variety of color phases, and lure their lizard prey into striking range with a fl tail-tip.
		Another resident of southwest Africa in the Cape region, this one prefers rocky desert and thorn scrub, and partakes of lizards and the occasional small mammal or bird.
	www.plumed-serpent.com /dscour.html (1131 words)

	Dear Kitty. Some blog :: My little desert :: September :: 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		My little desert [Animals, Plants etc., Environment] — Administrator @ 3:40 pm
		Close to where I live, along the railroad, there is an area where I used to walk often.
		Or, closer to here, nature reserve De Zandkuil on Texel island, or the sand dunes in the Veluwe region, or the Drumnense duinen in Brabant.
	dearkitty.blogsome.com /2006/09/16/my-little-desert (230 words)

	A Little Sossus Lodge
		A Little Sossus Lodge lies 35km southeast of Sesriem.
		A Little Sossus Lodge will ensure you an unforgettable stay in the tranquil desert surroundings.
		The lights and fans in the chalets are powered by a bank of batteries, which are charged by wind and generator during the daytime.
	www.namibian.org /travel/lodging/private/little_sossus.html (576 words)

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