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	Desert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Deserts are also classified by their geographical location and dominant weather pattern as trade wind, mid-latitude, rain shadow, coastal, monsoon, or polar deserts.
		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.
		Although most deserts are in basins with closed, or interior drainage, a few deserts are crossed by 'exotic' rivers that derive their water from outside the desert.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Desert (2138 words)

	ipedia.com: Desert Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Desert soil is often composed mostly of sand and sand dunes may be present.
		The Rajasthan Desert of India and the Thar 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.ipedia.com /desert.html (2750 words)

	Walkabout - Tanami
		Tanami lies 634 km northwest of Alice Springs on a dirt road and, consequently, is only to be visited by enthusiastic explorers who have a reliable vehicle and plenty of water.
		The journey across the desert is broken only by a petrol stop at Yuendumu 290 km north of Alice Springs and a stop at Rabbit Flat which has achieved a level of fame as the location of the most isolated pub in Australia.
		The area of 3 752 900 hectares known as the Tanami Desert Area was the subject of a successful landrights claim in the early 1980s and is now owned by the local Aborigines.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/fairfax/locations/NTTanami.shtml (401 words)

	Global Deserts Outlook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Great Sandy-Tanami Desert is an extensive area of reddish sand plains out of which rises the great Uluru (Ayers Rock); the plains are covered by clumps of spinifex and scattered saltbush (Atriplex spp.) with sparse, spiny acacias and tall desert oaks (Allocasuarina decaisneana).
		The dunes and sand plains of the Simpson Desert carry sparse shrubs and spinifex with cane grass (Eragrostis australasica) on the deep sands along the crests of dunes, and coolibah (Eucalyptus sp.) snaking across the northeastern corner.
		The Tirari-Stuart Desert is characterized by vast sand dunes that harbour an abundant and diverse fauna, an array of unique creatures that have adapted to the high temperatures and soil aridity (marsupials, lizards, frogs and even small parrots).
	hq.unep.org /geo/gdoutlook/062.asp (337 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.
		Tanami lies 634 km northwest of Alice Springs on a dirt road and, consequently, is only to be visited by enthusiastic explorers.
		The Simpson Desert situated in the Northern Territory is a large desert of sand ridges and it occupies most of South Eastern Northern Territory.
	www.planetgypsy.com /destinations/australia/deserts.html (381 words)

	Tanami shares dive over WA delays - Breaking News - Business - Breaking News
		Tanami said it suspended open pit mining in order to minimise costs until the treatment plant is fully operational.
		Nestled on the Northern Territory border in the remote Tanami desert, the project has been dogged with delays since last year when it was forced to scrap its original mine plan due to rising costs.
		Tanami is looking to produce about 70,000 ounces per annum from an open pit operation at Coyote, with an underground operation mooted for the future.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Business/Tanami-shares-tumble-on-mining-delays/2006/10/23/1161455648247.html (396 words)

	Search Results for 'Desert' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A dune in the Egyptian desert Desert in California In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation.
		Deserts sometimes contain valuable mineral deposits that were formed in the arid en...
		Desert Fury is a 1947 Paramount motion picture starring John Hodiak and Lizabeth Scott, with Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey, and Mary Astor.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/D/Desert.htm (1075 words)

	Desert Bandicoot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Desert Bandicoot (Parameles eremiana) was a small bandicoot of the arid country in the centre of Australia.
		Unconfirmed reports suggest that its range may have extended to the Tanami Desert and the arid Western Australian coast between Broome and Port Hedland.
		While the cause of its decline remains uncertain, it is thought to be related to the changed burning regimes that followed the removal of Aboriginal people from the central Australian deserts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Desert_Bandicoot (285 words)

	Gale Schools - Environment - Endangered Species - Desert Bandicoot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The desert bandicoot, Perameles eremiana, has a head-and-body length of 8-12 inches; the tail is about half the length of the body.
		The desert bandicoot feeds on insects--including termites, ants, and beetle larvae--vegetables, seeds, and roots for which it forages at night by digging or hunting.
		It was apparently common in the Northern Territory as far north as the Tanami Desert.
	www.galeschools.com /environment/endangered/desert_bandicoot.htm (320 words)

	Tanami - Bioregional summaries - Nature of the NT - Wildlife - NRETA - NT Government - Australia
		The Tanami bioregion comprises mainly red Quaternary sandplains overlying Permian and Proterozoic strata which are exposed locally as hills and ranges.
		The Tanami bioregion comprises large areas of desert communities little affected by intensive development and at least superficially largely in good condition.
		The mammal fauna of the Tanami bioregion has been substantially reduced: of 50 species reported, 13 are regionally extinct, 1 has severely declined, 6 have declined and 30 are stable.
	www.nt.gov.au /nreta/wildlife/nature/tanami.html (973 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Great Sandy-Tanami desert (AA1304) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In Western Australia, the Great Sandy Desert is an uninhabited wilderness where high red sand dunes extend in parallel rows for hundreds of miles.
		To the east, the Tanami Desert is a vast area of red sandplains broken up by hills and ranges.
		The largest remaining population of the endangered rufous hare wallaby lives in the Tanami Desert.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa1304.html (477 words)

	Gold mine brings new opportunities to the Tanami Desert - 05/06/2006
		Tanami Gold chairman Denis Waddell threw some political punches, calling on all levels of government to improve road access to the central arterial route of Australia, the Tanami Track.
		Tanami Gold's northern project at Laranganni, or Bald Hill, has had some setbacks, with a rare marsupial found in the region.
		Tanami Gold still plans to mine the Bald Hill area in the coming twelve months, though plans are subject to a mining proposal clearance.
	www.abc.net.au /rural/content/2006/s1655269.htm (417 words)

	Oxfam's Cool Planet - On the Line - deserts - geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		North America's Sonora and Chihuaua deserts, situated in the south-west corner of the continent, extend into Mexico, while the Great Basin, covering most of the states of Utah and Nevada, is home to the infamous Death Valley, and the Great Salt Lake Desert.
		This desert is known for its dry salt basins, which were left when ancient lakes evaporated.
		Its principal desert areas include the Simpson Desert, the Tanami Desert, the Great Victoria Desert, the Great Sandy Desert, and the Gibson Desert, and these are situated mainly in the centre of the country - the Outback.
	www.oxfam.org.uk /coolplanet/ontheline/explore/nature/deserts/geograph.htm (409 words)

	ALN #50: Kimber: Australian Aboriginals' perceptions of their desert homelands
		That anywhere in the deserts of Australia could be described as beautiful eluded the perceptions of the first European explorer to approach central Australia.
		Clearly, with some two-thirds of Australia classified as desert in world terms, water is the crucial element which allows use of the lands by the various groups of traditional Aboriginal owners.
		As might be expected, among the most important sites in any desert country are the Rain totem sites, at least some of which are situated in areas which attract lightning and, through being in the line of the rain-bearing winds and as a result of their elevation, cause rain-clouds to mass and rain to fall.
	ag.arizona.edu /OALS/ALN/aln50/kimberpart1.html (1937 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)

	WWF Global 200 Ecoregions -- Great Sandy-Tanami Deserts (129)
		The Great Sandy Desert stretches inland from the Indian Ocean, running into the Tanami Desert to the east and the Gibson Desert to the south.
		Desert and white treefrogs, sandy burrowing frogs, desert spadefoot toads, and metallic toadlets also do well with very little water.
		The suppression of naturally occurring fires, feral animals that kill or out-compete native wildlife, and overgrazing by livestock pose threats to this ecoregion.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/g200/g129.html (499 words)

	The Recovery Plan for the Great Desert Skink (Egernia kintorei) 2001-2011
		The Great Desert Skink (Egernia kintorei) is a large burrowing lizard restricted to sandplain and gravelly habitats in the western deserts region of central Australia.
		Reintroducing traditional patch-burning regimes across the western deserts region is likely to benefit biodiversity generally, by maintaining plant diversity and creating patchy landscapes at a scale appropriate to animals that depend on this plant diversity and structural complexity of habitat.
		While Great Desert Skinks are able to survive the initial effects of the fire down in their burrow, the subsequent lack of cover and food resources may mean the lizards are unable to persist.
	www.deh.gov.au /biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/great-desert-skink (8031 words)

	Tanami Track
		Crossing the expanse of the Tanami Desert, the Tanami Track is actually a fairly well-formed earth road maintained by local mining companies.
		Many travellers have dismissed the Tanami Track as being monotonous and boring, but it does have some interesting features along the way and it is the most direct route from Alice Springs to north-west Western Australia.
		The Tanami Mine is 43km from the roadhouse, just before the turnoff to Lajamanu (a track that will eventually take you to Darwin), and the border is 78km from there.
	www.theopenroad.com.au /travel_4wd_tanamitrack.asp (1033 words)

	Mount Allan Aboriginal Community - Desert Dreams
		From this magical desert landscape comes a wealth of artistic expression that is rich in ancient folklore and is unique to the rest of the world.
		Aboriginal desert art is the newest, yet oldest, art form in the world today.
		The increasing demand and recognition of the Aboriginal desert art form by Western culture is helping to ensure that the skills and the stories survive, while at the same time helping to bridge the gap between the two cultures.
	www.desertdreams.com.au /Mount_Allan.html (655 words)

	Ceramics Today - Articles
		The knife-edge presence of her painted forms emerges from an extended process of experiment and improvising towards a particular remembered sensation, a precise ‘expression of an experience’ as she puts it.
		In this case the experience was a plane trip across central Australia in and around the Tanami Desert region taken as part of a recent fellowship from Arts Western Australia.
		Australian artists have often use of the airplane view as a painterly convention, a means to compose their gesture landscapes in a flat plane.
	www.ceramicstoday.com /articles/drysdale.htm (574 words)

	Desert Wildlife WebQuest
		Desert regions are often thought of as lifeless wastelands, nothing but sand with the occasional plants like cactus and date palms and, of course, camels.
		In Australia there are many different desert landscapes, from stony desert covered with small pebbles called gibbers, grasslands, hills and gorges with bare rock, long sand dunes, dry lake beds and claypans.
		During your research look for images of deserts in Australia, what landforms are found in Australian deserts, and make brief notes of the wildlife that occurs in each desert type.
	science.uniserve.edu.au /school/quests/livingdesert.html (1432 words)

	Ceramics Today - Japanese Culture Seen in Kanazawa
		For the past quarter century Drysdale has been refining her forms, her materials and her language to create a unique body of work that is responsive to the landscapes of Australia.
		Although an urban artist she seeks out places that have a special character or resonance, like the Tanami Desert in central northern Western Australia or the Kimberley Region in the northwest of the State.
		Similarly in Spinifex she evokes the colour and soft, blurred forms of the desert grass found in the sandy soil of Central Australia.
	www.ceramicstoday.com /articles/tanami.htm (1473 words)

	WWF and Nyirripi people, protecting NT's threatened species -- WWF-Australia
		WWF has been working with local Aboriginal people from the Tanami Desert to protect threatened desert animals through burning practices and hunting.
		A recently completed Threatened Species Network (TSN) Grant project involving Aboriginal people from Nyirripi community in the Tanami Desert has provided evidence of the benefit of patch burning practices for a range of threatened desert animals.
		Collaborative survey work between Tangentyere Council and Nyirripi residents have shown a prevalence of walpijiri (bilbies), warrarna (great desert skink) and jajina (mulgara) closer to community living areas than in more remote areas, suggesting the importance of traditional hunting practices in maintaining healthy populations of these species.
	wwf.org.au /articles/feature45 (390 words)

	It's brutal out here - glad we brought the camels - smh.com.au
		One of Australia's great wildernesses - the Tanami Desert - has been crossed on foot for the first time by two men from NSW and their five camels.
		It must be one of the most arid deserts in Australia, and possibly the world," he said.
		Reports of the early explorers who skirted the desert spoke regularly of spotting Aboriginal fires, "but we didn't see anyone", he said.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/08/18/1029114050398.html (482 words)

	CANNING STOCK ROUTE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		We did a north/south crossing of the CSR commencing at Alice Springs and along the Tanami Road via Billiluna Station in the north and visiting Wells 51 to 1 and on to the goldmining town of Wiluna in the south.
		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.
		Desert Oaks, Spinifex, Desert heath, Grevillea are all set amongst the rolling sand dunes.
	www.kempen.id.au /CANNING.htm (6622 words)

	Alice Springs News, September 27, 2000
		Bushfires now raging in the Tanami Desert are causing massive pollution contributing to the greenhouse effect and are a threat to rare wildlife.
		He says the blaze some 400 km north-west of Alice Springs follows the failure of government authorities and the desert's Aboriginal owners to create fire breaks when conditions were suitable.
		But regardless of the size or number of works, the thrill of being part of Desert Mob brought smiles to the faces of many artists making their debut appearance.
	www.alicespringsnews.com.au /0739.html (3797 words)

	Where Wadim Walked
		In 2003 Dot and I spent 13 days trekking in the Tanami Desert about 200 km south of Halls Creek in Western Australia.
		It was a unique experience to be in a desert and yet to camp nearly every night beside some body of water and to see so much birdlife which that water attracts.
		Chatting around a campfire while watching dinner being cooked, an occasional sing-song afterwards and retiring to a comfortable swag under a starry sky were very pleasant ways to end the day.
	users.bigpond.net.au /wadim/tanamidesert.html (120 words)

	WWF - Great Sandy-Tanami Deserts - A Global Ecoregion
		The Great Sandy-Tanami deserts are the richest deserts in Australia that exhibit high levels of local endemism.
		Despite their name and dramatic, remarkably parallel linear sand dunes, this "sandy" desert is actually slightly wetter than the central part of the country.
		Among the numerous species of reptiles found here are Desert cave gecko (Heteronotia spelea), Desert death adder (Acanthophis pyrrhus), the Woma (Aspidites ramsayi), and the endemic Red dragon (Ctenophorus rufescens).
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/great_sandy_tanami_deserts.cfm (316 words)

	Refugia for Biological Diversity in Arid and Semi-Arid Australia: 6.5. Tanami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The skink Ctenotus tanamiensis and the frog Uperoleia micromeles (Gibson 1986) are confined to the Tanami Desert.
		The Tanami Desert "is one of the most important biological areas to be found in Australia particularly as it provides refuge for several of Australia's rare and endangered species" (Gibson 1986, p.
		Lake Surprise (Northern Territory) is the terminus of the Lander River, and represents a major drought refuge for waterbirds in a Region largely devoid of large waterbodies (Gibson 1986; Fleming 1993).
	www.environment.gov.au /biodiversity/publications/series/paper4/tan.html (815 words)

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