sandy desert

collocation in English

meaningsofsandyanddesert

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sandy
adjective
uk
/ˈsæn.dɪ/us
/ˈsæn.dɪ/
covered with sand or ...
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desert
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈdez.ət/us
/ˈdez.ɚt/
an area, often covered with sand or rocks, where there is very little rain and not ...
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(Definition ofsandyanddesertfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This has created asandydesertwhere erosion by wind and rain quickly destroys any natural fertility.
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Kongwa is largely a red,sandydesert.
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The northern half of the province is a mixture ofsandydesertwith scarce vegetation, scattered oases, and salt lakes.
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This region, he reports, is asandydesert, and the sand there contains a wealth of fine gold dust.
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Preserving the temples by jacking them up ignored the effect of erosion when exposed tosandydesertwinds.
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Thesandydesertsurrounding the city supports wild grasses and occasional date palms.
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The mountain itself is a fin shaped rocky outcrop 27km mi long and 3km mi wide, and juts out from the redsandydesertfloor.
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Favoured habitat wassandydesertwith spinifex and other tussock grasses.
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It occurs in dry rocky andsandydesertcanyons.
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It grows in rocky andsandydeserthabitat, often on alkaline soils.
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It is asandydesertconsisting of small, red sand hills about 50 to 100 ft high, sand-covered plains, and open rocky and clay-covered areas.
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This is a shrub growing in a spherical clump on thesandydesertfloor, 40 centimeters to 1 meter tall.
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The area is surrounded by a mixture of rocky andsandydesert.
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The soil is one vastsandydesert, which is either naturally bare, or covered with patches of heath or grass.
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It mainly lives insandydesertareas but can be found in other environments.
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By the time it stops, their school is surrounded by dry andsandydesert.
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Its natural habitat issandydesertwith low shrub cover.
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Thesandydeserthas virtually no vegetation.
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There are some kinds of wild melon found insandydesertareas which are an important food and water source for the people who live in those areas.
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