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Wind, Dust and Deserts 30 minutes / n.a. desert, wind, rainfall, plant, soil, sand, evaporation, air, vegetation, precipitation, dune, desertification, climate
Subtropical Deserts 04:14 - 05:45 (01:31) / 1.3 MB orbit, Sun, tropic, Equator, evaporation, condensation, cloud, rainfall, air, humid
Rain Shadows 05:45 - 07:05 (01:20) / 1.8 MB "Art Montana", desert, subtropic, "rain shadow", "Pacific Ocean", air, coast, mountain, cloud, rainfall, snow, "Sierra Nevada", California, "Mojave Desert", "United States", Gobi, Asia, "South America", Andes
Land Locked Regions 08:29 - 08:54 (00:25) / 0.4 MB ocean, rainfall, China, Gobi, Taklamakan, air, precipitation, water, "rain shadow", desert, mountain
Coastal Deserts 08:54 - 09:50 (00:56) / 1.4 MB "Richard Hazlett", desert, air, water, coastline, Chile, Africa, ocean, evaporation, temperature, "cold marine current", "coastal desert"
Vegetation 19:00 - 19:48 (00:48) / 2.0 MB vegetation, air, rainfall, Sun, plant
Development and Overgrazing 19:48 - 20:49 (01:01) / 1.9 MB vegetation, humans, atmosphere, plant, tree, air, climate, rainfall, semi-arid, desert, desertification, agriculture, grazing
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