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	Desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The world's second largest desert (second to Antarctica), the Sahara of North Africa, which has experienced temperatures as high as 57°C, is a trade wind desert.
		Crescent shaped dunes are common in coastal deserts with prevailing onshore winds, such as the Namib Desert of Africa.
		Nearly 100 percent of desert surfaces are plains where eolian deflation-removal of fine-grained material by the wind-has exposed loose gravels consisting predominantly of pebbles but with occasional cobbles.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/de/Desert.htm (2646 words)

	NATEXAMINER: Biomes - Desert
		Desert soil is often composed mostly of rocky surfaces called regs.
		Deserts are also classified by their geographical location and dominant weather pattern as trade wind, mid-latitude, rain shadow, coastal, monsoon, or polar deserts.
		The remaining surfaces of arid lands are composed of exposed bedrock outcrops, desert soils, and fluvial deposits including alluvial fans, playas, desert lakes, and oases/oasis.
	www.natexaminer.com /biomes/desert.html (2470 words)

	arabian desert information
		The Thar Desert of India and the Cholistan Desert of Pakistan are parts of a monsoon desert region west of the ranqe.
		Fossil desert sediments that are as much as 500 million years old have been found in many parts of the world.
		Nearly 50 percent of desert surfaces are plains where eolian deflation--removal of fine-grained material by the wind--has exposed loose gravels consisting predominantly of pebbles but with occasional cobbles.
	www.global-terror.com /saudi-arabia/arabian-desert.htm (2748 words)

	What is a Desert
		Deserts are also ideal locations for human artifacts and fossils to be preserved because of their dry climate.
		Most of the major deserts of the world are trade wind deserts which means that: dry winds dissipate cloud cover, which in turn allows more sunlight to heat the land.
		The second largest desert in the world, the Sahara of North Africa, which has seen temperatures as high as 56°C, is a trade wind desert.
	www.ez-article-search.com /article11578.html (299 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Compared to wetter regions this may be true, although upon closer examination, deserts often harbor a wealth of life that usually remains hidden to preserve moisture.
		Atacama Desert of South America, is Earth's driest desert.
		Colorado River, and the Yellow River are exotic rivers that flow through deserts to deliver their sediments to the sea.
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Desert.html (2352 words)

	Talk:Desert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		I also understood that almost all of Antartica was a desert because there is very little precipitation as the air is too cold to hold moisture and there is no free water because it is all frozen as snow and ice.
		The small Rangipo Desert in New Zealand is one example, where the presence of three active ash volcanos has made the soil incapable of producing any vegetation other than thin scrub.
		There are other places where soils deter plant growth where a desert climate doesn't prevail; ultramafic soils can create low shrublands or heathlands, as can thin acidic peat soils, as can lava beds and rock outcrops.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Desert (687 words)

	Rangipo Desert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Much of the desert lies at an altitude of over 600 metres, and a considerable proportion of it is over 1000 metres above sea level.
		The town of Waiouru, with its army camp lies to the south, and much of the southern part of the desert is used for training purposes.
		The desert is bisected by only one road, a section of State Highway 1 known as the Desert Road.
	tags.lyricsfreak.com /Rangipo (404 words)

	Rangipo Desert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The vegetation is minimal and scrubby, and the headwaters of many small streams, later to turn into large rivers, gouge deep serrated valleys through the earth.
		To the north of the desert lies the Rangipo prison farm.
		The Lord of the Rings films were shot in New Zealand, and the Black Gate of Mordor scenes were shot in the Rangipo Desert.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rangipo_Desert (404 words)

	Ruapehu Oct 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		From the Desert Road we could look out across the Rangipo Desert to Mt Ruapehu as we would be experiencing it - the summit hidden in rain and snow clouds.
		On Christmas Eve 1953 a very violent mud flow roared through this valley and down across the Rangipo Desert to wash away the railway bridge at Tangiwai, just as the overnight express train full of passengers was crossing it.
		We loaded and got on to the bus, and when we reached the Desert Road, Cherry was waiting in her van with the four ladies who had pulled out the day before.
	diddums.topcities.com /abtcruapehu2002.html (2340 words)

	Ruapehu
		State Highway 1 crosses the high plains east of Ruapehu in the 'Desert Road', though the 'desert' is more like the high deserts of the Andes than the sand of the Sahara.
		The Rangipo Desert is on the unfashionable eastern side of the mountain, the only access to the mountain being the rough Tukino Track.
		The 'desert' is a high plain of pumice sand and scattered tussock grasses.
	cr.qc1.net /nx/ruapehu/ruapehu.html (1787 words)

	Tongariro weather: Tongariro National Park
		As the north westerly winds gather speed through here, they have a significant effect on Rangipo Desert on the far side.
		Drying winds are a major factor in creating a desert environment.
		Frost is a significant feature of the eastern "desert" quarter of the park.
	www.doc.govt.nz /templates/page.aspx?id=38492 (512 words)

	New Zealand Tour Bus
		We were relieved to read that the Desert Road was open (We hadn't anticipated it being shut!).
		The pass took us over the mountains and through the Rangipo desert.
		It was amazingly beautiful, but not at all like a desert.
	radio.weblogs.com /0141828/2004/11/17.html (385 words)

	Maarten in Perth, WA 2006 - New Zealand - BlogHoster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Turangi is also located just outside of the Tongariro National Park, one of New Zealand's most impressive mountain parks, and also a prime filming spot for the lord of the rings saga.
		The Kaimanawi ranges are a small mountain chain that cross through the national park and lead up to one of my favorite New Zealand sights - the Rangipo desert.
		They happily use it as a training ground, and the desert is extremely pittoresque as well.
	www.thediary.org /maarten/2791 (445 words)

	Rangipo Desert by Ivan Donn Carswell
		this desert, rich in myth, barren of dreams,
		left their mark in deeper scars on larger deserts;
		The basin of this desert, charred and burled,
	www.poemhunter.com /poem/rangipo-desert (289 words)

	Tongariro National Park Panorama, New Zealand.
		The slope was built by countless lava flows, ash falls and lahars from the volcano to make a ring plain, which is a feature of the soft rock which makes up a strato-volcano such as Ruapehu.
		The most barren part of the Rangipo Desert is to the left.
		The Desert Road can just be seen on the far right.
	nzphoto.tripod.com /volcano/anatparkpan.htm (377 words)

	Rangipo Desert
		The Rangipo Desert is a barren desert-like environment located on the North Island Volcanic Plateau to the east of the three active peaks of Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Ruapehu, and to the west of the Kaimanawa Range.
		The Rangipo Desert receives 1500 - 2500 mm of rainfall per year, but resembles a desert because of a poor soil quality and drying winds.
		All images can be purchased for commercial and non-commercial use.
	www.virtualoceania.net /newzealand/photos/flora/tussock/nz0287.shtml (126 words)

	epicevents.co.nz
		First run in December 2005, the event is based around the Rangipo Desert and includes a unique sand hill riding experience.
		Currently Winstone Pulp International (managers of the Desert Storm venue) are consulting with their lawyers as to whether Epic Events Ltd will be granted a permit to run Desert Storm.
		And if Suzuki Desert Storm does occur in 2006, there is no guarantee that the NZ Defence Force Desert will be included as has been the case for the past 2 years.
	www.epicevents.co.nz /sandblast.php (1229 words)

	Rangipo Desert Photo Gallery by Tanetahi at pbase.com
		A selection of photos I've taken at various times in the Rangipo Desert, a small frigid sub-desert in the lee of central North Island's 3 big volcanoes - Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro.
		The vegetation is mostly tussocky grasses, and small-leaved low shrubs including Hebe subalpina, a Carmichaelia, various podocarpaceous conifers, and mat plants like Raoulia.
		The desert is particularly photogenic at sunrise and sunset.
	www.pbase.com /tanetahi/rd (97 words)

	New Zealand Scenic Journeys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		However, this desert is fringed by snow peaks on the distant horizons instead of sand dunes.
		The word ‘desert’ evokes an image of hot sand dunes of a flat, arid landscape, date palms, camels and a gun-toting Omar Sheriff in his role as an Arab Sheikh in the ‘Lawrence of Arabia’.
		The Desert Road winding through this Restricted Area might be the only civilian intrusion the Army tolerates.
	www.travelblog.org /Print/Blog/19881/84480.html (1505 words)

	Tongariro National Park - June 2006
		The icicles on the hill-faces were awesome however we had to be extremely careful on the swampy board-walked areas as the ice was treacherous.
		The valleys we descend into and climb out of were “breathtaking”, luckily the Wahianoa River had a swing-bridge to cross.
		The Rangipo Desert doesn’t allow much shelter against the elements – the only respite from the wind was in the gullies.
	www.toitoitrekkers.org.nz /tnp_2-6-06.htm (505 words)

	Johnson Goes Bush: Geography and Fiction in Man Alone \| NZETC
		Here, to the west beside the road, is obviously the Rangipo desert; there, the shoulder of Ruapehu.
		The second day and third night were spent in the Rangipo Desert, in a storm.
		Mulgan’s account of the terrain and weather (135) west of the Desert Road reflects his knowledge and attention to detail, and would be accepted by anyone who is familiar with that region.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-Whi051Kota-t1-g1-t1.html (3457 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The highest levels in the park are dominated by gravelfields and stonefields which are very unstable and characterised by cycles of vegetation build-up and breakdown.
		Invasive lodge pole pine Pinus contorta threatened to convert native communities into forest and was a particular problem in the eastern Rangipo desert area, but management measures have controlled and in some areas eradicated the pine.
		Nevertheless, the presence of seed sources in neighbouring commercial lodge pole pine plantations continues to pose a threat to the park.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/wh/tongarir.html (3165 words)

	Rangipo Desert
		Rainbow over the Rangipo Desert in the Central Plateau.
		The desert is formed not because of lack of rainfall, but from volcanic ash and harsh weather conditions.
		It is illegal to copy or use the images without permission.
	www.virtualoceania.net /newzealand/photos/flora/tussock/073f.shtml (48 words)

	Small Town Travel Guide - Waiouru - Desert Road
		State Highway One winds through a bleak windswept tussock plain called the Rangipo Desert.
		This is a unique alpine semi-desert, with the forbidding appearance of a wild desolate wasteland.
		Sometimes the peace and solitude is disturbed by armoured vehicles on manoeuvres near the ‘Desert Road’.
	www.destination-nz.co.nz /destinations/waiouru.html (379 words)

	Tongariro Northern Circuit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		From Emerald Lakes the track descends steeply into the Oturere Valley with views of the valley, the Kaimanawa Ranges and the Rangipo Desert.
		A track leads east from the Hut out to the Desert Road (SHW 1SH1) and also to Rangipo Hut on the Round the Mountain Track.
		No longer used for accommodation this hut is preserved as an historical building and is classified by the Historic Places Trust.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /New_zealand/walks/indiv_tongariro.html (1849 words)

	Xena's Travels in THE DEBT
		This ran from Lanchow, on the fringes of Chinese civilization, westwards, splitting to run south or north of the Takla Makan desert, through Samarkand to Mary (south of the Aral Sea), from where Persian trade routes continued through Turkey to the west.
		It is significant that when, in the 17th century C.E., the Mings built the Great Wall we know today, for protection against the Mongol hordes (still doing the barbarian nomad thing!), they used the old 300 BCE alignment south of the Ordos.
		The Han empire which succeeded Ch'in extended the Wall as far as the Jiayuguan Pass to protect their trade 'corridor' to the west past the Tien Shan mountains and the Takla Makan desert (this is the area north of Tibet which is 'off the edge' of the maps in almost every atlas).
	www.whoosh.org /issue29/rodliffe1.html (2492 words)

	Day 8: Kiwi House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The morning was chilly, but the bustle of the fishermen (everyone else except for us) preparing for their activities made the whole place feel alive and energized.
		It was sunny (forecast was for rain) and the drive through the Rangipo Desert afforded wonderful views of the Volcanic Plateau from afar.
		All of the little ski towns south of Tongariro NP were very quaint and attractive.
	jenyu.net /travel/nz2003/d8.html (518 words)

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