desert floor

collocation in English

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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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floor
noun
uk
/flɔːr/us
/flɔːr/
the flat surface of a room on which ...
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(Definition ofdesertandfloorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The sudden explosion of seedlings on thedesertfloorafter the first autumn rain struck me as an ecological shock.
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Meat ants and aggressive bulldog ants are shown hunting and scavenging on thedesertfloor.
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Hundreds of subsidence craters dot thedesertfloor.
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After he impacts thedesertfloor, he is "fal i nta" (fallen).
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The pluton was eventually exposed through weathering to form the rock formations visible today, which jut from thedesertfloor.
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The dune field covers 250 square kilometers (100 sq mi), with the highest dune at over 2,000 meters (6,560 ft) above thedesertfloor.
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In hot deserts, gliding birds can remove themselves from the over-heateddesertfloorby using thermals to soar in the cooler air at great heights.
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They are transported by creep, being rolled along thedesertflooror performing short jumps.
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These dunes are the tallest in the world, in places rising more than 300 meters (almost 1000 feet) above thedesertfloor.
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But the majority of tombs in this period were in shafts sunk into thedesertfloor.
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The park's lookout point rises over 1000 feet (305 m) above thedesertfloor.
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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 red sandydesertfloor.
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At dawn, it descends to thedesertfloorto feed upon the different annual species which are abundant following summer rains.
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This is a shrub growing in a spherical clump on the sandydesertfloor, 40 centimeters to 1 meter tall.
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Disc-shaped nummulite fossils are common in places, and often coat thedesertfloor.
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As the capsule fell for several minutes to thedesertfloor, he did not emerge so that he could use his personal parachute.
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The doors to the hangars are camouflaged with natural material to blend in with the side of the mountain and the adjoiningdesertfloor.
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In all, about of radiological and other hazardous waste flowed onto thedesertfloor, according to federal authorities.
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Some seed will not germinate until it has been blown about on thedesertfloorto scarify the seed coat.
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In all, about 600,000 gallons of radioactive and other hazardous waste flowed onto thedesertfloor, according to federal authorities.
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