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Mojave Desert: Digital Desert - Maps and photos of points of interest throughout the California Mojave Desert.
Anza-Borrego Desert in Borrego Springs, California - Colorado Desert Segment of the Sonoran Desert, Anza-Borrego Desert; State Park headquartered in Borrego Springs, California.
On the Line - Deserts - An educational project by Oxfam, WWF and Channel 4 investigating deserts as a world biome.
Sonoran Desert of Baja California - Information on climate, plants, and animals of the Sonoran Desert.
The Living Desert: Wildlife and Botanical Park, Palm Desert, California - Devoted to desert habitats of the world. Web site has information on links about deserts.
The Sonoran Desert - An online photographic expedition into the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and Mexico. Includes desert photographics and in-depth information about history and ecology.
Desert Foothills Land Trust - Sonoran Desert Preservation - Works for land preservation in the unique and fragile Sonoran desert foothills area of central Arizona.
Sonoran Desert - Links to various articles by Felice Prager about javelinas, cactus, scorpions, rattlers, desert safety, emergency preparedness, gila monsters, arachnids and the beauty of the Sonoran Desert.
Flagstaff USGS -- Deserts - Desert climate research at the US Geological Survey Flagstaff Field Center, Arizona.
The Living Edens - A detailed look at one of the oldest deserts - the Namib Desert. Includes teacher's resources.

Deserts and xeric shrublands - Deserts and xeric shrublands is a biome characterized by a dry climate. Deserts and xeric shrublands receive an annual average rainfall of ten inches or less, and have an arid or hyperarid climate, characterized by a strong moisture deficit, where annual potential loss of moisture from evapotranspiration well exceeds the moisture received as rainfall.
List of deserts by area - This is a list of deserts in the world ordered by area. It includes all deserts with an area greater than 50 000 km² (19 300 square miles).
Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve - The Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve designated by UNESCO in 1984 to promote the ecological conservation of a cluster of areas in the Mojave and Colorado deserts of California. Its principle feature is Death Valley.
Deserts of Australia - Deserts of Australia cover a large portion of the land in Australia. Most of the deserts lie in the central and north-western part of the country.
Like the Deserts Miss the Rain - Like the Deserts Miss the Rain is a compilation album by the British band Everything but the Girl, released in 2003.