It got its name from the colored rock. It almost looked like someone painted the rock.
The smallest snow desert is known as the Atacama Desert in Chile.
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The Arabian desert covers the southern half of Saudi Arabia. The desert contains many types of wildlife, including hyenas and sand rats.
The full scientific or botanical name of the Sturt Desert Pea is Swainsona formosa.When first adopted as the floral emblem for South Australia, it was adopted under the scientific name of Clianthus formosus.
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The Painted Desert.
The Painted Desert receives its name from the colorful rock formations and landscapes found there.
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The Painted Desert ; see related link .
The Colorado Plateau Desert, which includes the Painted Desert, is in northeast Arizona.
Arizona has the Mojave Desert, Painted Desert, Sonoran Desert and a small piece of the Chihuahuan Desert.
Great Basin Desert Chihuahuan Desert Sonoran Desert Mojave Desert Colorado Plateau Desert (including the Painted Desert)
NO, the Painted Desert is in Arizona.
The sand does blend and form uniform colors. However, most of the 'sand' in the Painted Desert is not loose but bound to form sandstone. The different colors of the sandstone are what give the Painted Desert its name.
The Painted Desert, part of the larger Colorado Plateau Desert, is located northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona.
The Painted Desert is found in Arizona.
The Painted Desert is located in northeastern Arizona.