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Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 4 to 8
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	7.09

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		sandstorm, succulent, extensive, sagebrush, travelers, waxy, encounter, southwestern, black-tailed, inland, rainfall, entire, coastline, settled, excess, remain
	content words:		United States, Great Basin Desert, Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico, Sahara Desert

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Deserts

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¹     A desert is one of the harshest places to live on Earth. Deserts get just a few inches of rainfall every year. Desert animals and plants have proven themselves to be great survivors. For a place to be defined as a desert, it must receive less than 10 inches of rainfall in an entire year. So, where can we find deserts? We don't have to go far, because there are four in the United States. They are the Great Basin Desert, Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, and Chihuahuan Desert. These four deserts take up about 15% of the total land of the United States. They stretch across the western and southwestern states of New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and California.
 
²     We usually picture a desert as a very hot and dry place with sand dunes extending for miles and miles. This is a very vivid image of the Sahara Desert of Africa. The Sahara Desert is the world's largest desert. It is about the size of the United States. We might expect to see lines of camels carrying heavy loads of goods and moving slowly across the Sahara Desert. Travelers there get tired and thirsty. They would not want to encounter a sandstorm! They, no doubt, have nothing else on their minds than arriving safely at the nearest oasis to get some rest and, most importantly, water!

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Animal Themes

Animal Themes

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Deserts

Deserts

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Animals

Amphibians         Birds         Deserts         Fish         Freshwater         Grasslands         Insects

Invertebrates         Mammals         Oceans         Polar Regions         Rain Forest         Reptiles

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