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desert

Definition: *
A wide, open, comparatively barren tract of land with few forms of life and little rainfall.
* Note: Definition is not available for the current language
broader terms
terreny àrid
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
TERRITORI (paisatge, geografia)
Themes:
àrees naturals, paisatge, ecosistemes
geografia
Other relations:
Has exact match
EuroVoc: desert
Wikipedia article
Desert
Has close match
UMTHES: Wüste
Arabic: صحراء
Basque: basamortu
Bulgarian: Пустиня
Chinese: 沙漠
Croatian: pustinja
Czech: poušť
Danish: ørken
Dutch: woestijn
English: desert
English (US): desert
Estonian: kõrb
Finnish: aavikko
French: désert
German: Wüste
Greek: έρημος
Hungarian: sivatag
Irish: fásach
Italian: deserto
Latvian: tuksnesis
Lithuanian: dykuma
Maltese: deżert
Norwegian: ørken
Polish: pustynia
Portuguese: deserto
Romanian: deşert
Russian: пустыня
Slovak: púšť
Slovenian: puščava
Spanish: desiertos
Swedish: öken
Turkish: çöl
Ukrainian: пустеля
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2103>