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The region known as the Great American Desert became known as America's Breadbasket because as people settled in the area they realized it was great farm land. The area was called a desert because it had no trees but it wasn't really a desert.
The Mongolian Desert, correctly known as the Gobi Desert is in southern Mongolia and northwest China.
The Thar Desert is also known as the Great Indian Desert.
Camel is known as the King of the Desert.
People can alter the desert but people cannot influence a desert. The desert can influence people, however.
The Gobi Desert
The Ordos Desert, also known as the Mu Us Desert, is a desert and steppe region lying on a plateau in the south of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. (Wikipedia)
Las Vegas is known for gambling and its desert.
sand people other wise known as jahwas
This desert is simply known as the Antarctic Desert.
Cairo is in the Sahara Desert, known as the Libyan Desert.
Oak Creek Canyon near Flagstaff is known for colorful rocks.