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de·sert

desert

pronunciation:: de zrt
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noun

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A desert is a very dry area of land with few or no plants growing in it. Deserts are dry because they get very little rain. Large areas of some deserts can be nothing but sand or rock. We often think of deserts as hot places, but many deserts are not hot at all. Some deserts are cold.

The Sahara desert is the largest hot desert in the world. It is in the northern part of Africa.The Gobi Desert in China is a cold and rocky desert.The cactus plant can grow in some deserts because it needs little water.

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	broader category including desert
	land
	plant that lives in deserts
	cactus
	some animals that live in deserts
	camel, lizard, scorpion, snake
	some descriptions of deserts
	dry, hot
	some parts of deserts
	sand

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