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Vintage-Views Antique Prints and Maps :: Antique Prints :: Landscape :: Topography :: DESERTS,PYRAMIDS AT GIZEH,WADI FEIRAN,WADI TARFEH,CAIRO,1894 Original Antique Wood Engraving

DESERTS,PYRAMIDS AT GIZEH,WADI FEIRAN,WADI TARFEH,CAIRO,1894 Original Antique Wood Engraving

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A desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation. Generally deserts are defined as areas that receive an average annual precipitation of less than 250 mm (10 inches). The terminology used to define deserts is complex. 'True deserts' where vegetation cover is exceedingly sparse, correspond to the 'hyperarid regions of the earth, where rainfall is exceedingly rare and infrequent. Deserts are however part of a wider classification of regions that, on an average annual basis, have a moisture deficit (i.e they can potentially lose more than is received). These areas are collectively called 'drylands' and extent over almost half of the earth's land surface. Because desert is a vague term, the use of 'dryland', and its subdivisions of hyper arid, arid, semiarid and dry-subhumid, is to be preferred, and is approved by the United Nations. Deserts have a reputation for supporting very little life, but in many deserts this is far from the truth. Deserts often have high biodiversity, including animals that remain hidden during daylight hours to control body temperature or to limit moisture needs. About one-fifth of Earth's land surface is desert. PRINT SHOWS THE AREAS AROUND: 1. THE PYRAMIDS AT GIZEH 2. WADI FEIRAN 3. WADI TARFEH 4. CAIRO

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