Web Links Described From Chapter 13

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Information on process and cause of desertification from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Below you will find links to a number of other interesting web sites with information about Deserts.

Deserts: Geology and Resources
	USGS website with general information about deserts, desert landscapes, and desert locations around the world. ( http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/contents/ )

The Desert Research Institute
	A nonprofit, statewide division of the University and Community College System of Nevada, DRI pursues a full-time program of basic and applied environmental research on a local, national, and international scale. Among the foremost arid-land research centers in the world. ( http://www.dri.edu/ )

The Desert Centre
	A desert in British Columbia - who knew? ( http://www.desert.org/ )

The Desert Research Center
	The Desert Research Center (DRC) was established as a governmental organization whose activities are devoted primarily to research and development in the deserts and newly reclaimed regions of Egypt. ( http://www.drc-egypt.com/ )

Death Valley National Park
	National Park Service webiste describing the unique geologic history of Death Valley, USA. ( http://geology.wr.usgs.gov/docs/usgsnps/deva/deva1.html )

The Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute
	The Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute (CDRI) is a non-profit scientific and educational organization based near Ft Davis, Texas. Its purpose is to gather information on the Chihuahuan Desert Region and to make that information available to all who would like to know. ( http://www.cdri.org/ )

The Shape of the Barchan Dune
	Learn how barchan dunes form and change through time. ( http://www.ica1.uni-stuttgart.de/Jahresberichte/99/node12.html )

Desert Ecology Resource page
	Information on deserts and their unique ecology around the world. ( http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jimbo/desert_ecology/Desert_Module.html )

United Nations Environment Programme Convention to Combat Desertification
	UN protocol and program to combat desertification worldwide. ( http://www.unccd.int/main.php )