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Page 1 Deserts First Reports by Susan H. Gray Content Adviser: Terrence E. Young Jr., M.Ed., M.L.S., Jefferson Parish (La.) Public Schools Reading Adviser: Dr. Linda D. Labbo, Department of Reading Education, College of Education, The University of Georgia

Page 2 Compass Point Books 3722 West 50th Street, #115 Minneapolis, MN 55410 Visit Compass Point Books on the Internet at www.compasspointbooks.com or e-mail your request to custserv@compasspointbooks.com Photographs : International Stock/Wayne Aldridge, cover; Index Stock Imagery, 4; Visuals Unlimited/Gerald and Buff Corsi, 5; Photo Network/Henry T. Kaiser, 6; VCG/FPG International, 7; James P. Rowan, 8; Root Resources/James Blank, 9; Index Stock Imagery/Jack Hoehn, Jr., 10; James P. Rowan, 11; Visuals Unlimited/Charles W. McRae, 13; Visuals Unlimited/Francis E. Caldwell, 14; Visuals Unlimited/Link, 15; Chris Hellier/Corbis, 16; Photri-Microstock, 17, 18; Dave Watts/Tom Stack and Associates, 19; Marco Corsetti/FPG International, 20; Ed Darack/Cole photo, 21; Visuals Unlimited/Arthur Morris, 22; Photo Network/Esbin-Anderson, 23; Visuals Unlimited/Doug Sokell, 24; Cheryl A. Ertelt, 25; Visuals Unlimited/Glenn Oliver, 26; Visuals Unlimited/John D. Cunningham, 27; Ron Thomas/FPG International, 28; James P. Rowan, 29; Jessie M. Harris, 30; Photri-Microstock, 31; Visuals Unlimited/Walt Anderson, 32; Visuals Unlimited/Gil Lopez-Espina, 33; Visuals Unlimited/Rob and Ann Simpson, 34; Photri-Microstock/Humerford, 35; Root Resources/A.B. Sheldon, 36; Joe McDonald/Tom Stack and Associates, 37; Cheryl A. Ertelt, 38; Visuals Unlimited/Joe McDonald, 39; Visuals Unlimited/Charles W. McRae, 40; Visuals Unlimited/Rudolf Arndt, 41; Unicorn Stock Photos/Tommy Dodson, 42; Photri-Microstock, 43. Editors: E. Russell Primm and Emily J. Dolbear Photo Researcher: Svetlana Zhurkina Photo Selector: Dawn Friedman Design: Bradfordesign, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gray, Susan Heinrichs. Coral reefs / by Susan H. Gray. p. cm. (First reports) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. Summary: Describes some of the main deserts around the world, how deserts are formed, and some of the plants and animals found in these dry areas. ISBN 0-7565-0019-2 (hardcover : lib. bdg.) 1. Desert ecologyJuvenile literature. 2. DesertsJuvenile literature. [1. Deserts. 2. Desert ecology. 3. Ecology.] I. Title. II. Series. QH541.5.D4 G73 2000 577.54dc21 00-008529 2001 by Compass Point Books All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. The publisher takes no responsibility for the use of any of the materials or methods described in this book, nor for the products thereof. Printed in the United States of America.

Page 3 Table of Contents What do you think of deserts? 4 Why are deserts dry? 9 Are all deserts hot? 13 Deserts of the World 16 Desert Plants 23 The Troublesome Tamarisk 30 Animal Life in the Desert 31 Glossary 44 Did you know? 45 At a Glance 46 Want to know more? 47 Index 48

Page 4 What do you think of deserts? People usually think of deserts as sandy, dry, lifeless, and blazing hotand no wonder! Deserts have places with names such as Death Valley, Badwater Basin, and Funeral Peak. Some deserts go without The Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, California

Page 5 rain for years. Some have hot, dry winds that sweep over miles of sand. But this picture of deserts is only partly true. Deserts have two things in common. They get less than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain a year. And, in deserts, water rises into the air as a gas, or evaporates, very quickly. A flash flood in the desert

Page 6 When it does rain in the desert, it rains for days at a time. Then there is a long dry period. Rain has powerful effects on desert lands. It washes away soil and carves deep canyons.

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