Collocations withdesert
These are words often used in combination withdesert.
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barren desert
There is barren desert in the north, but rich in nitrate, copper and other minerals, and with a sea rich in fish.
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desert landscape
This ancient desert landscape and its biological communities have very little natural ability to recover from disturbance.
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desert shrub
The area is a desert shrub or pinyon-juniper woodland plant community.
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Wikipedia
dry desert
The habitat consists of wet lowland prairies, wet meadows, wet forests and in riparian zones along creeks in dry desert regions.
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Wikipedia
harsh desert
The women were left behind to cope with the harsh desert and coastal life.
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sandy desert
This has created a sandy desert where erosion by wind and rain quickly destroys any natural fertility.
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surrounding desert
National life to-day is far too much like anodd oasis here, and an odd oasis there, placed in the middle of a great surrounding desert of distress.
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vast desert
It is the army that transported the material needed for voting to the most distant provinces of this vast desert country.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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