The Atacama Desert forms part of the arid Pacific fringe of South America.
The Kalahari desert forms the central depression of the Southern African plateau.
It is a rain shadow desert, formed by the Himalayas blocking the Indian Ocean's rain from reaching the Gobi territory.
And the people were delighted at the prospect of a solar lifeline spreading out across the desert, forming a new generation of "oasis cities" that could welcome people from every background – not merely tourists, businessmen and multi-millionaires.
The rising sands are part of a new desert forming here on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a legendary stretch once known for grasses reaching as high as a horse's belly and home for centuries to ethnic Tibetan herders.
In contrast, aeolian sand in the desert forms relatively thick layers and exhibits higher quartz content, high maturity and roundness and is well sorted.
The swirling dust clouds Block's tires freed from the earth simultaneously interrupted and echoed the natural desert forms, wreaking havoc upon and reinscribing them with quick, volatile gestures.
B. b. omissus may be considered a typical sub-desert form.
Within these belts, especially in continental interiors, deserts formed (see desert: Origin).
