It would be a semiarid grassland or steppe.
Contains desert basins near Turkestan
The implication of a desert region is that not much grows there. I am not aware that Europe has a seriously desert region.
Yes, Fort Bowie of Arizona is located in a desert region. It is very near the border between the Chihuahuan Desert and the Sonoran Desert.
What kind of food chains there are in the mountains will depend on the mountain region. For example, the mountains near the Mohave will have a desert food chain.
The Atacama desert
The Atacama desert
located near the borders of Nevada and California and located within the Mojave Desert
There is one desert in Turkey, near Karaman in the Anatolia region in southern Turkey.
Near the Colorado river in California, Arizona The colorado river is in the desert region of california
Sand dunes are formed by wind .
There is no desert near or around the capital of Australia. Canberra lies in a fertile region, the rich grazing and croplands of the Limestone Plains.
There are 2 desert regions in southern Africa, namely the Kalahari desert region and the Namib desert region.