what is the imaginary desert oasis formed in the desert called?
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A mirage - like the hotel in Las Vegas.
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The formation of deserts has a lot to do with lattitude.  Most deserts are located in sub-tropical areas where high pressure is created by the circulation of air after it is heated in the tropics.  These areas have an almost perminent supply of a high pressure system that prevents a lot of precipitation and allows for extremely high temperatures.
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I would imagine it's one of the Desert states, like Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico.\n\nA little bit of Trivia for you however, here are some real cities in the united states with some interesting names\n\nIntercourse, Pennsylvania\nFrankenstein, Missouri\nRoachtown, Illinois\nBuddha, Indiana\nToad Suck, Arkansas\nYeehaw Junction, Florida\nMonkey's Elbow, Kentucky\nNo Name, Colorado
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desert have become important......what is the question????
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Heavenly dew. It could also be a reference to specific heavenly land breeze.
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Is a Region formed by tho regions Namib and karoo\nIs one of the 3 most biodiverse deserts (Namib Karoo, Chihuahuan Desert and Great Sandy in Australia)\n\nNamib Desert  \nThe Namib Desert is a large desert in South-West Africa. The name "Namib" is Nama for "enormous" and indeed the desert occupies an area of around 50,000 km²), stretching some 1,000 miles (1,600 km) along the Atlantic Ocean coast of Namibia (state of Namibia is called after this desert). Its east-west width varies from 30 to 100 miles (50-160 km).The Namib Desert is also in the southwest part of Angola.\n\nKaroo  \narid to semiarid geographic region of Eastern, Western Cape, and Northern Cape provinces, South Africa. The Karoo is best defined by its vegetation, which consists of assorted succulents and low scrub bushes spaced from one foot to several feet apart.
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The Great American Desert.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deserts This is the list of deserts, but each has a link to more information including the area.
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Deserts can form in several ways that I know of...\n\nRainshadow effect on the leeward side of a mountain range. Most of the water is wrenched out of the air masses before they reach the other side of the range. This is due to the lifting of the air. It is forced to rise, condenses due to adiabatic cooling, & precipitates.\n\nThe most influential cause would be high pressure belts located around the world. These places are roughly located around the tropics of cancer & capricorn. In these areas, the high pressure is pushing down air. When there is a continuous belt of high pressure, air doesn't rise. If air doesn't rise then clouds can't form & rain won't happen. The Sahara & the Kalahari in Africa are examples.\n\nAnother would be inland deserts. They are so far removed from sources of moisture that they simply never get any. If I am not mistaken, the Gobi Desert is one.
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This known as a mirage.  Very simply the hot air rising from the desert surface causes light (which travels in straight lines) to be defracted (this means that the line of travel changes when moving from cold air to hot air and vice versa)  This leads to two effects.\n\nFirst is a shimmering on the ground in the middle distance which resembles sunlight glistening in water.\n\nSecondly, objects that are in the far distance can be seen to be closer than they are.\n\nThese effects can be observed on road surfaces in the right conditions during hot summer weather.
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FALSE! actually, About one-fifth of Earth's land surface is desert. to that's 20%. : )\n\ntry this link if your not convince. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert
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Depends on which desert.  I live in Albuquerque NM, which is in a desert.  We have a vast (but shrinking) reserve of water under the ground.\n\nAlso, the largest body of fresh water in the world, Lake Vostok in Antartica is burried under miles of ice in a desert area.
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Grand Canyon, Arizona, north of Flagstaff.  That's what it's called, although I'm unsure of whether it is an actual city.
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Desert doesn't mean that there is all sand, there are vegetation where oasis are.
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The most common wind-formed deposit is the sand dune, found in deserts and on the shores of oceans and lakes. Dunes are formed by sand accumulating around any object that serves as an obstacle to the wind. As windblown sand is deposited in the lee of such an obstacle, the wind is slowed still more, and the dune continues to grow. Dunes in some localities may reach a height of 200 m (650 ft). When materials finer than sand are carried by the wind and finally dropped to the ground, the deposit that results is known as loess. Thick layers of loess are found in Europe and the Americas, and loess deposits of Asia reach a thickness of several hundred metres. They are the basis for some of the richest agricultural soils of the world.\n\nMicrosoft ® Encarta ® Encyclopedia 2005 © 1993-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Yes it did exist. The Mediterranean actually dried up around the end of the Miocene, about 5-6 million years ago. This was known as the Messinian Event. \n\nThere are large thick deposits of evaporite minerals like gypsum and halite (salt) that underlie much of the Mediterranean. These deposits were formed when the water in the Mediterranean dried up. Other evidence exists that shows that the Nile River actually cut down to several hundred feet below present day sea level, which would have been impossible if the sea level were not lowered to that depth. At the start of the Pliocene, about 5.4 million years ago, the barrier at the Strait of Gibraltar broke and the Mediterranean was filled again. \n\nI've studied much of this first hand working around the Mediterranean basin. If you want to see some references go to:\nhttp://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/messin.htm\nhttp://www.messinianonline.it/
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Sahara, in North Africa, is the largest non-polar desert covers 3.5 million sq. mi.\n\nThe polar deserts are larger.\nAntarctic - 5.5 million Sq. mi.\nArctic - 5.4 million sq. mi.