The world's smallest desert is in Canada
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Re: The world's smallest desert is in Canada
#2They call it a "desert" because there are sand dunes, not because it is actually a desert[1]. Receives more rain than the Silicon Valley.
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#3They call it a "desert" because there are sand dunes, not because it is actually a desert[1]. Receives more rain than the Silicon Valley. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcross_Desert
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Re: The world's smallest desert is in Canada
#4They call it a "desert" because there are sand dunes, not because it is actually a desert[1]. Receives more rain than the Silicon Valley. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcross_Desert
Same situation with most of our "high desert" here in Oregon, which is probably best described as "steppe" outside of a few small areas like the Alvord desert.
There are some dunes here, too, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Valley_Sand_Dunes
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#5The Athabasca sand dunes are also visually interesting
http://photojourneys.ca/2017/12/31/exploring-saskatchewans-a...
Re: The world's smallest desert is in Canada
#6They call it a "desert" because there are sand dunes, not because it is actually a desert[1]. Receives more rain than the Silicon Valley. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcross_Desert
Where did you get the precipitation data for those places, because the wikipedia pages for the two areas show that Carcoss[0] gets a bit less than Palo Alto[1] for example. 11 inches vs 16 inches respectively.
Re: The world's smallest desert is in Canada
#7They call it a "desert" because there are sand dunes, not because it is actually a desert[1]. Receives more rain than the Silicon Valley. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcross_Desert
Same situation with most of our "high desert" here in Oregon, which is probably best described as "steppe" outside of a few small areas like the Alvord desert. There are some dunes here, too, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Valley_Sand_Dunes
The coastal dunes are also not especially dry.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Dunes_National_Recrea...
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#8If we're talking "deserts" in the sense that there is a bunch of sand and some dunes, then I'd hazard that the Desert of Maine[0] wins this contest at 600 acres smaller (.16km^2 in total) than the Carcross desert (2.6km^2 in total).
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#9If we're talking "deserts" in the sense that there is a bunch of sand and some dunes, then I'd hazard that the Desert of Maine[0] wins this contest at 600 acres smaller (.16km^2 in total) than the Carcross desert (2.6km^2 in total). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_of_Maine
I'll see that and raise you a playground.
Re: The world's smallest desert is in Canada
#10They call it a "desert" because there are sand dunes, not because it is actually a desert[1]. Receives more rain than the Silicon Valley. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcross_Desert
It's covered in the article. It does fall into the classification of a semi-arid desert.