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Term

desert

Term

(1) An ecosystem with <100 mm precipitation per year. (2) A wide, open, comparatively barren tract of land with few forms of life and little rainfall.

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Definition source publication

(1) IPCC. Climate change 2001: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.

Publication year

2001

Definition source URL

http://www.ipcc.ch/pub/tar/wg2/689.htm.

Organisation

(1) IPCC

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Subjects

Long definition

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