Desert - This site has brief information about deserts around the world - what's a desert like? animals? plants? types of deserts? what causes a desert? deserts of the world?

World Biomes - Desert - from BluePlanet Biomes site.

CyberZoo - the Desert Biome - general facts about deserts

The Desert Biome - This site gives details about the characteristics of deserts and describes the 4 kinds of deserts.

Cool Planet - Deserts. This very comprehensive site has information on climate, landscape, geography, the Sahara, plant life, animal life, conservation, facts & figures, exploration.

Desert Biomes - from World Biomes site which includes Desert Images

Principal Deserts of the World This site lists location, size, and topography information for 24 of the world's deserts.

See Also

Desert Explorers

Australia's Deserts - from Geoscience Australia.

Tourists & Australian Deserts - why do tourists want to visit?

Australian Desert Landforms - from the Wyong Public School

People of the Australian Desert - from the Wyong Public School

Uluru & Kata Tjuta National Park - this site describes Uluru and some of the aboriginal legends about this place

Uluru - the largest monolith - from Geoscience Australia

Natural Australia - Background information from the ABC TV program, includes Uluru, the Simpson Desert and Lake Eyre

The Outback - a Pandora-archived site about the people & places of the Australian Desert.

National Geographic - facts sheets on Australian deserts

• Great Victoria Desert

• Gibson Desert

• Great Sandy - Tanami Desert

• Simpson Desert

• Nullarbor Plain

Deserts of Australia - from Planetgypsy.com - information on the Great Victorian Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Simpson Desert, Gibson Desert & Tanami Desert.

Introduced Species Find out about some of Australia's introduced species - some of them are found in the desert. A Pandora-archived site  

Desert Animals - from the Wyong Public School

Australian Animals Weblinks

Desert Habitats - Animal Printouts - from Zoom School. This page links to information on animals in each desert & has a really good table of desert information.

Desert Plants - from the Wyong Public School.

Desert animal survival

Desert plant survival

Desert survival for people