deserts
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Meteorologists issued an “extreme heat watch” starting Mother’s Day morning through Tuesday evening for Palm Springs and the rest of the Coachella Valley, the deserts of San Diego County and the San Gorgonio Pass.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Even further to the west, Wu Yize's home province of Gansu - known for its deserts - is less privileged again.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
At 100, Attenborough no longer wanders the world's jungles and deserts.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
The others, with their hot deserts and big-sky plains, seem more obvious: Texas, Arizona and California.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026
Those mountains are in proximity to gentle lowlands with rivers, flood plains, and deserts suitable for irrigation agriculture.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing deserts
Twelfth Night
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