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	Great Victoria Desert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Western Australia Mallee shrub ecoregion lies to the west, the Little Sandy Desert to the northwest, the Gibson Desert and the Central Ranges xeric shrublands to the north, the Tirari-Sturt stony desert to the west, and the Nullarbor Plain to the south separates it from the Southern Ocean.
		Due to the aridity and dryness of the desert, almost no farming activity is carried out there, and it is a protected area of Western Australia,.
		The average annual rainfall is low, but not as low as many deserts, ranging from 200 to 250 mm (8 to 10 in) per year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Victoria_Desert (313 words)

	Great Sandy Desert -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		There is another desert called Great Sandy Desert in (A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific) Oregon, (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) US.
		The Great Sandy Desert is a 360 000 km² expanse in northwestern (A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony) Australia.
		The Great Sandy Desert is a flat area between the rocky ranges of the (Click link for more info and facts about Pilbara) Pilbara and the (City in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing) Kimberley.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/G/Gr/Great_Sandy_Desert.htm (476 words)

	Learn more about Desert in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Compared to wetter regions this may be true, although upon closer examination, deserts often harbor a wealth of life that usually remains hidden (especially during the daylight) to preserve moisture.
		Desert soil is often composed mostly of sand and sand dunes may be present.
		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)

	Great Sandy desert: Definition and links.
		The Great Sandy Desert is a flat area laying between the rocky ranges of the Pilbara[?] and the Kimberley[?].
		To the south east is the Gibson desert[?].
		Rainfall is low throughout, the coast and far north near the Kimberley do have an average exceeding 300mm (12ins), but the rainfall is patchy with many drought years often ending in a monsoonal cloud mass or tropical cyclone.
	www.encyclopedian.com /gr/Great-Sandy-desert.html (448 words)

	Parks Victoria: Little Desert National Park page
		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).
		The sandy ground surfaces of Little Desert National Park decrease the overall accessibility of the three main camping areas.
	www.parkweb.vic.gov.au /1park_display.cfm?park=132 (1016 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)

	Habitat Awareness Desert Page
		Deserts are among the most fragile ecosystems on our planet because of the harsh extremes of heat and lack of moisture.
		Desert oases occur where the water table is near the surface of the desert.
		The Gobi desert is the fifth largest desert area in the world and one of the most hostile with temperatures as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter and as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer.
	www.inchinapinch.com /hab_pgs/terres/desert/desert.htm (2239 words)

	Remote areas on the edge of the Little Sandy Desert may hold mineral potential (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The areas, known as Throssell and Poisonbush, lie on the western edge of the Little Sandy Desert on what was once home to a mountain range higher than the French Alps.
		These mountains were probably formed 1800 million years ago and over the years have been subject to erosion and scarred by glaciers to expose the rocks that now occur at the surface.
		"This desert region was explored in the 1800’s on camel and horseback but was left alone during the goldrush.
	www.doir.wa.gov.au /media_archive/03apr.html (370 words)

	Iraq Museum International Open Encyclopedia: Arabian Desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It is a vast desert wilderness stretching from Yemen to the Persian Gulf and Oman to Jordan 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 a southwest to northeast axis across the Arabian shelf.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Arabian_Desert (1068 words)

	Station Information - Great Sandy Desert
		There is another desert called Great Sandy Desert in Oregon, US.
		The Great Sandy Desert is a flat area between the rocky ranges of the Pilbara and the Kimberley.
		Rainfall is low throughout: the coast and far north near the Kimberley do have an average exceeding 300mm (12in), but the rainfall is patchy with many drought years often ending in a monsoonal cloud mass or tropical cyclone.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/great_sandy_desert.html (389 words)

	Australia Post Stamps -- Nature of Australia Desert
		The desert habitat was introduced in August 2001 with the Desert Birds issue.
		The region is located more than 900 km north east of Perth and is bordered by the Little Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert and Central Ranges in the south, and the Kimberley in the north.
		The Great Sandy Desert has more reptile species than any other desert in the world and the thorny devil is one of the more spectacular reptiles found there.
	www.auspost.com.au /philatelic/stamps/index.asp?link_id=2.581 (506 words)

	Animal Desert Great Sandy
		Desert and semiarid regions of gravelly and sandy soils with shrubs...
		deserts; where the major world deserts are located; a table of desert information; and animal life.
		Desert plant life is not abundant; neither is animal life.
	animalsnpets.com /pets/animal-desert-great-sandy.html (516 words)

	Rudall River National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The central rocky area, between the two desert areas, is flatter and it is here where the main tracks cross the park: from Telfer in the north to the Talawana Track in the south, and westwards from the Rudall River crossing to Hanging Rock, on the western boundary of the park.
		Though there is little evidence to suggest changes in bird populations, the wedge-tailed eagle has apparently become less common, probably the result of the decline in medium size mammals, such as various species of bandicoot and wallaby, from the western desert regions.
		There is evidence to suggest that this decline in medium-sized mammals corresponds with the cessation of the regular burning of vegetation through 'fire stick farming' methods adopted by the Aborigines and the arrival of foxes in the area.
	www.calm.wa.gov.au /national_parks/previous_parks_month/rudall.html (3096 words)

	The Western Deserts Region @ ExplorOz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Western Deserts is a vast area of Western Australia, and the region covers parts of the Little Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert and the Great Sandy Desert.
		Desert travelling means long distances between supply points and the need for carrying large quantities of water and fuel plus making arrangements for permits through Aboriginal land.
		The deserts offer their fair share of wildlife - some rare and beautiful birds around rock holes and springs, lizards, kangaroos, emus and the occasional dingo family.
	www.exploroz.com /Infopages/RegionNotes/WDeserts.asp (806 words)

	australia desert, great victoria desert, australian desert tours, desert safari in australia
		The Great Sandy Desert is a flat area lying between the rocky ranges of the Pilbara and the Kimberley.
		The Simpson Desert situated in the Northern Territory is a large desert of sand ridges and it occupies most of South Eastern Northern Territory.
		Very little farming activity is carried out; only on the margins are there some sheep and cattle rising.
	www.planetgypsy.com /destinations/australia/deserts.html (381 words)

	plants in great sandy desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation.
		A friend of mine is what you might call a manic collector of desert wildflowers, rushing out after seasonal rains to tally the first signs of everything from anemones to zinnias.
		DESERT PLANTS OF UTAHOriginal booklet and drawings by Berniece A. AndersenRevised May 1996HG 505FOREWORDThe original Desert Plants of Utah by Berniece A. features.The Great Basin Desert extends from Nevada into much...
	www.1st-in-gardening-and-plants.com /20/plants-in-great-sandy-desert.html (669 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert (PA1326) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The sandy desert plains of this ecoregion are punctuated by stony hills and sand dunes that rise like exclamation points from the earth.
		Although little rain falls here--average precipitation ranges from only 6 to 12 inches (152 to 301 mm) per year--water is a vital part of this ecoregion.
		Among the most widely distributed is the desert fox, which feeds on rodents, hares, reptiles, insects, and fruit.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa1326.html (492 words)

	The Australian Desert
		The desert by moonlight, animals that are nowhere to be seen during the day are everywhere.
		The desert belts were formed by hot air rising at the equator which carries moisture upwards.
		The desert areas of Australia were once coverd by sheets of polar ice and, well before that, by great areas of shallow seas.
	www.herbertonss.qld.edu.au /landofoz/patrick.htm (327 words)

	IOL: Remains of travellers found in desert
		The men left the Pilbara town of Newman on March 28 but are understood to have taken little water with them and to have been travelling in a run-down vehicle which was not up to the harsh conditions of the remote area.
		Temperatures in the desert had reached more than 40°C and there was little traffic because the area was coming out of the wet season, he added.
		The 2 000 kilometre Canning Stock Route, which crosses the Great Sandy Desert, the Little Sandy Desert and swathes of the Gibson Desert, is described as the longest and most remote stock route in the world.
	www.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=2024&art_id=qw1113286321493B223 (597 words)

	Two die in desert, 9 kilometres from water - National - www.smh.com.au
		Two men whose bodies were found in a West Australian desert up to two weeks after they had died had been ill-prepared for their journey, police say.
		Temperatures in the area had reached into the 40s and it was believed they had not told anyone of their intentions.
		The route, which traverses the Great Sandy Desert, the Little Sandy Desert and large portions of the Gibson Desert, is connected by a series of wells.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2005/04/12/1113251601517.html (648 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.
		The driest deserts are the Atacama desert of northern Chile, South America, and the Lut Desert in eastern Iran; these extreme deserts get less than half an inch (about 1 centimeter) of precipitation each year - and it is from condensed fog, and not from rain.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /biomes/desert/desert.shtml (1270 words)

	How a desert claimed two ill-prepared travellers - National - www.theage.com.au
		Two men have perished under the Gibson Desert's scorching sun not knowing they were only nine kilometres from a bore with fresh water.
		They carried little water and did not have enough petrol to get to the next refuelling stop.
		Their vehicle was not fitted with a two-way radio, and they took a mobile phone into an area with no mobile coverage, leaving them no way to call for help.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2005/04/12/1113251629492.html (1254 words)

	AVON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Red Expanse - Great Sandy Desert shows a great sense of depth and space which would be lonely were it not for the beautiful warmth of the red ochre from Newman's iron rich clay.
		Much of Don's contribution to the exhibition are small works which have a sense of space and depth but do not evoke quite the same feeling of oneness with the environment as do his larger works.
		Although these two artists have little common ground there is however a certain calm peacefulness throughout these exhibitions, that holds them together and imbues a strength but gentleness despite the diverse colour and imagery.
	www.artseeninwa.com /avon.html (414 words)

	OUTBACK + Referate Hausaufgaben Facharbeiten Schule
		Deserts and Lake Eyre Informations Animals Alice Springs and the Stuart Highway Life in the Outback End 1.
		Endless deserts cover 80% of the whole country, but however only 4% of all 18 Mill.
		And there is no better place to do it than in the central deserts.
	www.treffpunktuni.de /content/referate/3000/3290.html (708 words)

	The Canning Stock Route (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Crossing the Great Sandy Desert, the Little Sandy Desert and large portions of the Gibson Desert, it is almost 2,000kms of hard driving.
		We are now at our entry point to the vast Great Sandy Desert, and we will deflate our tyres to around 20psi to travel in the deep sand.
		We break camp late to enjoy the respite from the desert that Durba offers, and we travel a few kilometres to Killagurra Springs, where we can walk to some stunning Aboriginal rock art galleries, including the famous "Dutchman", a figure in pantaloons thought perhaps to be a survivor of a Dutch Shipwreck.
	www.odysseytravel.com.au /2005Progs/Australia/Canning_Stock_Route.htm (2622 words)

	CANNING STOCK ROUTE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Then on an across the Tanami Desert 600km of pot holes and corrugations to Rabbit Flat Roadhouse where petrol is $1.20 per litre and oil $25 for 4 litres.
		It is sandy but nice and smooth in places and a welcome relief from the never ending corrugations.
		Desert Oaks, Spinifex, Desert heath, Grevillea are all set amongst the rolling sand dunes.
	www.kempen.id.au /CANNING.htm (6622 words)

	Desert Rotaloo
		Easter is not an ideal time to be traveling and working in the desert as it follows straight on from the 'wet season'.
		There is always a full moon at Easter and the desert with its crystal clear skys is so radiant that one can even read a book by the light of the moon.
		No one in the convoy had ever traveled this route before and it turned out to be one of the most picturesque routes we had ever traveled on in the deserts of Western Australia.
	www.rotaloo.com /desertdun.html (2466 words)

	Tunisia travel - Douz, white gates to the desert
		DOUZ is considered to be a typical settlement of the desert surrounded from all the sides by real sandy dunes.
		Here big white gates to the desert may be found in Douz.
		The ship of the desert gait suggests the rolling motion of a boat, as it is so monotonous and lulling.
	www.africa-expedition.com /rout_tunisia_en_fin_08.html (818 words)

	Science Division - Research Papers - 2002
		Fuller, P.J. and Burbidge, A.A. Birds of the south-western Little Sandy Desert.
		Van Leeuwen, S.J. and Bromilow, R.N. Flora of the south-western Little Sandy Desert.
		Van Leeuwen, S.J. and Bromilow, R.N. The Little Sandy Desert.
	science.calm.wa.gov.au /papers/2002.php (7405 words)

	Little Desert @ ExplorOz
		Unlike its larger neighbour, the Little Desert is a flatter landscape and tends to be less travelled.
		The Little Desert NP is situated close to the Western Highway, midway between Melbourne and Adelaide in far western Victoria.
		Although tracks within the desert are recommended for 4WD only, this map will assist persons with conventional vehicles to enjoy the walking tracks and all-weather roads throughout the area.
	www.exploroz.com /TrekNotes/WestVic/Little_Desert.asp (1223 words)

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