DESERTS

Arabia: it-1 139; g86 3/22 10

irrigation from aquifers: g90 1/22 29

cacti: g87 5/22 16-18

giant saguaro: g92 3/22 23-25; g87 5/22 16, 18

coastal desert (South America): g03 5/22 24-27

contributing factors: g97 2/8 15

faulty irrigation: g97 2/8 17

Death Valley (California, U.S.A.): g 11/06 14-17

description: g86 3/22 9

desertification: g97 2/8 14-17; g90 3/22 28; g86 3/22 10-12; g86 6/22 19

annual increase: g87 7/8 29

causes: g01 1/22 28-29; g86 3/22 12; g86 6/22 19

China: g 7/06 29; g05 1/8 6; g01 1/22 28-29

dust storms due to: g88 5/8 29

effect of population increase: tp 14

Europe: g01 7/22 29; g94 12/22 28-29

Greece: g 12/06 29

Italy: g98 5/8 28-29

meaning of term: g97 2/8 14-15

discussion: g86 3/22 9-12

fish: g 11/06 17

flowers: g03 5/8 19; g87 5/22 16-18

Kalahari:

Okavango Delta: g91 11/22 24-26

Kara-Kum (Turkmenistan): g 7/13 11

mesquite tree: g88 7/22 15-18

Namib Desert: g03 5/8 16-17; g01 3/8 26-27; g87 9/8 17-18

beetles: g 5/12 22; g02 10/8 28

elephants: g93 6/22 29; g92 6/22 25-27

mystery circles: g05 10/22 27

plants:

quinoa: g90 4/22 13-14

water conservation: g92 3/22 23-25

proposal to plant plastic trees: g91 7/8 29

rodents use foot-stamping to communicate: g88 5/22 29

Sahara: g01 7/22 29; g86 3/22 9-11; g86 6/22 19

large animals endangered: g 6/15 16

Pan-African project to halt expansion (2007- ): g 12/12 28

salt extraction: g 1/09 21-23

water beneath: g88 2/8 30

seeds: g87 5/22 16-18

symbiosis of century plant and bat: g88 7/22 31

Takla Makan Desert (China):

ancient irrigation system still working: g93 2/22 21

torrents to burst out (Isa 35:6, 7): ip-1 374-376, 378-379

winter rains: g87 5/22 16-18

worldwide: g86 3/22 9-12

maps: g97 2/8 16-17; g86 3/22 11

number: g86 3/22 9