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Deserts, Arid Lands, and Desertification
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Information and Internet resources about deserts, arid lands, and desertification.

Deserts
From your About.com Guide, learn the basics of deserts and arid lands.

Arid Lands Newsletter
An online journal focusing on desert regions. The current and past issues are all available online.

Cold Deserts
A chart of essential information about seven major international cold deserts.

Desert Life In the American Southwest
Great information from DerestUSA about the flora, fauna, culture, and geography of the American Southwest.

Desert Maps
Maps, climate, and setting information for deserts across the Western U.S. from Desert USA.

Deserts: Geology and Resources
This site is fantastic, it's an comprehensive online publication from the USGS all about deserts (and it's not just about their geology).

Desertification: Remote Monitoring in the Arid Southwest
A great site that provides a plethora of information about desertification, its causes, and monitoring deserts.

Distribution of Non-Polar Arid Lands
This page provides a wonderful map of the world's deserts.

Drought: The Creeping Disaster
A great multi-page resource about drought from NASA's Earth Observatory. Provides information about planning for drought, drought indices, and more.

Fact Sheets on the Convention to Combat Desertification
Excellent information from the United Nations Secretariat of the Convention to Combat Desertification; fact sheets on such topics as the causes and consequences of desertification to solutions for desertification around the world.

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