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Article: A DAY in the LIFE: DESERTS.(facts about deserts)(Brief Article)
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- Science World
- Article date:
- March 8, 1999
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DID YOU THINK DESERTS WERE DULL ZONES? THINK AGAIN!
THE WORLD'S GROWING DESERTS
SANDSCRAPER
How high can they go? Sand dunes in Africa's Namib Desert reach up to 244 meters (800 ft) high, nearly as tall as Rockefeller Center in New York (850 ft.)
WHAT'S A DESERT?
A LAND AREA WHERE:
[check] less than 25 cm
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