Assertions can be reported so often that they are considered true (“factoids”). They may
sometimes even be used to determine health policy when empirical information is lacking. …

… Deserts, includes a chapter on the general geography of deserts and several chapters on the
specific deserts of … of deserts, the classification of deserts, and the phytoreclamation of sand …

… The happiest travelers, the most fortunate desert dwellers are … The desert abounds in so
many unusual things to be … uninitiated in desert lore should first learn a few of the desert's fun…

… deserts and their margins at a variety of scales in space and time. It draws on evidence from
land and sea, including desert … the Cenozoic evolution of the major deserts of the Americas, …

… Edaphic deserts result from geological and soil conditions that … Other conditions causing
edaphic deserts include soil oligotrophy (… Finally we have the man-made deserts resulting from …

This chapter treats the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts, the" warm deserts" of
North America (Fig. 8.1). These three quite different vegetation units occupy 68% of the area …

… African desert, and the oases of the Western Desert are but … of the pharaonic state was
desert. This Red Land greatly … of the Eastern Desert; similarly, exploration of Western Desert …

… of food deserts. Second, using this economic lens, we revisit the empirical literature on
food deserts to assess the progress that has been made regarding whether food deserts are …

… was rapidly pressed into service in policy debate in the late 1990s and “food deserts” were
… ‘food desert’. This paper seeks to examine whether a classification of food deserts may be …

… mountain desert, but in Iraq and the Mediterranean coast, dark areas are cultivated land.
The Syrian Desert appears as light brown, probably due to desert varnish on the stony desert …