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I thought about making a list like this some time ago, but unlike other geo features, there are actually very few named deserts, and it seemed that a non-redir list of deserts sectioned by continents would be more than enough. Stan 21:49, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC)
O.k., I realize this sounds ignorant but I recall seeing an article about a mini-desert in the eastern U.S., I think it was in the New England area or somewhere in Virginia. I am wondering if it was just a man-made tourist attraction or if there really is a mini-desert micro-climate in the eastern U.S.A. , or if someone just played a joke on me. Any response would be appreciated and if anyone has a link that would be great. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.133.42.16 ( talk) 02:23, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
o.k, to answer my own question (which possibly others might also have) I found this link:
http://desertofmaine.com/
I don't believe it is a true desert though, need to do more research, think it is very unlikely. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
69.133.42.16 (
talk) 02:33, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
Desert of Maine —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.133.42.16 ( talk) 02:50, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
This and the content at List of deserts should be combined. It's silly to have one page that lists north american deserts and another that lists all the rest. Silly or americentric, which may be worse.
-there is a "Deserts of Egypt" page and I suspect other regional (by Continent) desert pages; I appreciated the "Deserts of North America" page, please keep it. I don't think "Americentric" has anything to do with it.
-there is a deserts of Australia, too, probably others as well; I suggest one do a search before stating the "Amerocentric" complaint, it gets old and is over used, almost like the race card. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.224.0.219 ( talk) 15:15, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
The intro states that there are five major deserts in the US.
I think these area
Chihuaua Sonora Mojave Great Basin Columbia Basin
Correct me if I'm wrong.
The list itself has headings and subheadings. The headings should be the 5 major deserts, with the minor deserts within listed below. For example, I believe the Colorado Plateau is part of the Great Basin desert. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.57.220.63 ( talk) 00:46, 10 February 2007 (UTC).
For the purpose of this list, I think there are six major N. Am deserts:
--but it would be nice to find a cite for this scheme. I'm still looking, and help is welcome! Cheers, Pete Tillman ( talk) 18:26, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Dropped Moab desert (redlink, non-notable). Propose deleting the redlinks in Baja Calif, unless someone wants to write stubs. Pete Tillman ( talk) 15:53, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Do these really belong here? I notice we've picked up another one. Move elsewhere? Delete? -- Pete Tillman ( talk) 00:32, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
I've tried to reorganize the list to make it more useful & informative. See what you think. Cheers, Pete Tillman ( talk) 00:48, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
This is in the Great Basin section; but it's part of the Columbia drainage, via the Snake....shouldn't it be in that section? Or do the Columbia Basin and Columbia Plateau not exactly "equate"? Skookum1 ( talk) 18:48, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
This satellite image, or others like it, may be useful to illustrate the extent of xeric shrublands into BC and is also pretty graphic about the Columbia Plateau. There might be finer-resolution ones, I'll look around the NASA site....visible on the map, other than the so-called Nk'mip Desert, are teh South Thompson Desert/Thompson Canyon Desert (including the aforementioned Copper Desert Country, a neologism which gets its name from Copper Creek and adjoining community of the same name, which are overlooked by Painted Bluffs Provincial Park) and the Arrowstone Hills, the Fraser Canyon (which is desert from around the confluence of the Thompson upstream to just above the Chilcotin junction, the Nicola Country and the pocket desert around Keremeos. Some articles exist, such as Junction Sheep Range Provincial Park (I think it's called) at the Chilcotin confluence, and the badlands of Churn Creek Protected Area, although overall Fraser Canyon will do as a desert-article link as most of its length is desert, or near-desert; likwise the Okanagan Valley. The arid semideserts of the Stikine and Taku basins are not shown on this map, which ends c. 53.5 N..... Skookum1 ( talk) 19:07, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
I cut these during periodic maintenance:
The Great Basin Desert – located within the Great Basin, it is commonly mistaken as the largest desert in North America due to confusion between the area of the Great Basin and the area of the Great Basin Desert. even on the Wikipedia article Great Basin Desert. Have added a fact tag. cheers -- Earlypsychosis ( talk) 07:09, 19 December 2012 (UTC)-- Earlypsychosis ( talk) 07:09, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
At the moment, two very contrasting views are presented on wikipedia in different articles. In the article Saguaro National Park is a very part of the Sonoran Desert. More, the saguaro cactus is typical of this desert, as it is also present in the Mexican part of the Sonoran Desert (e.g. in the state of Sonora). In Sonoran Desert, there is a picture of the Saguaro NP in the information box. Even in this article (List of North Am...), there is the Ansel Adams picture of a Saguaro cactus in the Saguaro NP (eastern or central part of Southern Arizona). In contrast to this, in this article (List of North Am...) the Saguaro National Park is classified as Arizona/New Mexico Plateau and as a "cold desert". The altitude of the Saguaro National Park is comparable to the Californian "High Desert" (i.e. the high part of the Mojave Desert). In Sonoran Desert, the area of the Saguaro National Park is also not listed as a subregion (in line with the listing in this article). -- Wormke-Grutman ( talk) 07:49, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
It's a cool picture but what happened to the great lakes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:859B:A900:F10E:F297:A721:7B31 ( talk) 16:19, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
In our description of the map, we say it's a list of ecoregions, but the list is a mix of ecoregions names and desert names. I want to make this consistent, but don't know which way to go. Sancho 05:18, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
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I thought about making a list like this some time ago, but unlike other geo features, there are actually very few named deserts, and it seemed that a non-redir list of deserts sectioned by continents would be more than enough. Stan 21:49, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC)
O.k., I realize this sounds ignorant but I recall seeing an article about a mini-desert in the eastern U.S., I think it was in the New England area or somewhere in Virginia. I am wondering if it was just a man-made tourist attraction or if there really is a mini-desert micro-climate in the eastern U.S.A. , or if someone just played a joke on me. Any response would be appreciated and if anyone has a link that would be great. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.133.42.16 ( talk) 02:23, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
o.k, to answer my own question (which possibly others might also have) I found this link:
http://desertofmaine.com/
I don't believe it is a true desert though, need to do more research, think it is very unlikely. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
69.133.42.16 (
talk) 02:33, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
Desert of Maine —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.133.42.16 ( talk) 02:50, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
This and the content at List of deserts should be combined. It's silly to have one page that lists north american deserts and another that lists all the rest. Silly or americentric, which may be worse.
-there is a "Deserts of Egypt" page and I suspect other regional (by Continent) desert pages; I appreciated the "Deserts of North America" page, please keep it. I don't think "Americentric" has anything to do with it.
-there is a deserts of Australia, too, probably others as well; I suggest one do a search before stating the "Amerocentric" complaint, it gets old and is over used, almost like the race card. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.224.0.219 ( talk) 15:15, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
The intro states that there are five major deserts in the US.
I think these area
Chihuaua Sonora Mojave Great Basin Columbia Basin
Correct me if I'm wrong.
The list itself has headings and subheadings. The headings should be the 5 major deserts, with the minor deserts within listed below. For example, I believe the Colorado Plateau is part of the Great Basin desert. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.57.220.63 ( talk) 00:46, 10 February 2007 (UTC).
For the purpose of this list, I think there are six major N. Am deserts:
--but it would be nice to find a cite for this scheme. I'm still looking, and help is welcome! Cheers, Pete Tillman ( talk) 18:26, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Dropped Moab desert (redlink, non-notable). Propose deleting the redlinks in Baja Calif, unless someone wants to write stubs. Pete Tillman ( talk) 15:53, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Do these really belong here? I notice we've picked up another one. Move elsewhere? Delete? -- Pete Tillman ( talk) 00:32, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
I've tried to reorganize the list to make it more useful & informative. See what you think. Cheers, Pete Tillman ( talk) 00:48, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
This is in the Great Basin section; but it's part of the Columbia drainage, via the Snake....shouldn't it be in that section? Or do the Columbia Basin and Columbia Plateau not exactly "equate"? Skookum1 ( talk) 18:48, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
This satellite image, or others like it, may be useful to illustrate the extent of xeric shrublands into BC and is also pretty graphic about the Columbia Plateau. There might be finer-resolution ones, I'll look around the NASA site....visible on the map, other than the so-called Nk'mip Desert, are teh South Thompson Desert/Thompson Canyon Desert (including the aforementioned Copper Desert Country, a neologism which gets its name from Copper Creek and adjoining community of the same name, which are overlooked by Painted Bluffs Provincial Park) and the Arrowstone Hills, the Fraser Canyon (which is desert from around the confluence of the Thompson upstream to just above the Chilcotin junction, the Nicola Country and the pocket desert around Keremeos. Some articles exist, such as Junction Sheep Range Provincial Park (I think it's called) at the Chilcotin confluence, and the badlands of Churn Creek Protected Area, although overall Fraser Canyon will do as a desert-article link as most of its length is desert, or near-desert; likwise the Okanagan Valley. The arid semideserts of the Stikine and Taku basins are not shown on this map, which ends c. 53.5 N..... Skookum1 ( talk) 19:07, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
I cut these during periodic maintenance:
The Great Basin Desert – located within the Great Basin, it is commonly mistaken as the largest desert in North America due to confusion between the area of the Great Basin and the area of the Great Basin Desert. even on the Wikipedia article Great Basin Desert. Have added a fact tag. cheers -- Earlypsychosis ( talk) 07:09, 19 December 2012 (UTC)-- Earlypsychosis ( talk) 07:09, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
At the moment, two very contrasting views are presented on wikipedia in different articles. In the article Saguaro National Park is a very part of the Sonoran Desert. More, the saguaro cactus is typical of this desert, as it is also present in the Mexican part of the Sonoran Desert (e.g. in the state of Sonora). In Sonoran Desert, there is a picture of the Saguaro NP in the information box. Even in this article (List of North Am...), there is the Ansel Adams picture of a Saguaro cactus in the Saguaro NP (eastern or central part of Southern Arizona). In contrast to this, in this article (List of North Am...) the Saguaro National Park is classified as Arizona/New Mexico Plateau and as a "cold desert". The altitude of the Saguaro National Park is comparable to the Californian "High Desert" (i.e. the high part of the Mojave Desert). In Sonoran Desert, the area of the Saguaro National Park is also not listed as a subregion (in line with the listing in this article). -- Wormke-Grutman ( talk) 07:49, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
It's a cool picture but what happened to the great lakes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:859B:A900:F10E:F297:A721:7B31 ( talk) 16:19, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
In our description of the map, we say it's a list of ecoregions, but the list is a mix of ecoregions names and desert names. I want to make this consistent, but don't know which way to go. Sancho 05:18, 2 July 2018 (UTC)