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areas of land where nothing grows and there are only rocks, especially in North America

a way across Australia that passes through some of the driest and most dangerous parts of the country, often referred to as a symbol of the dangers of travelling in the Australian outback (=areas that are far from towns or cities)

an area of desert covering parts of the US states of California and Nevada, famous for being one of the hottest places in the world

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a large area of land with few plants and little water and where the weather is always dry

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a region where there are a lot of dust storms because the soil has become dry because of a lack of rain

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a strange effect in a desert or at sea in which you see something that is not really there

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an empty area of land that looks like the surface of the moon

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a place in a desert where there is water and plants and trees grow

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a large area of flat land naturally covered with salt

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an area of sand

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an area of land where people do not live or grow crops and where there are no buildings