A major reason is that the dunes bury any plants in their way as they move across the desert.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

In recent years, a shining city grew in the desert of Dubai on and even off -- the Gulf coast.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

Huge amounts of water ran into a low area in the dry, waterless desert that had once been an ancient lake.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

He performed the one-man play called "The King of the Desert" at a small historic theater in Hollywood.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

Americans know about them mainly from a history of use as pack animals in Arizona and other areas of the desert Southwest.

VOA: special.2010.02.16

He and his crew put out a natural gas fire in the Sahara Desert in Algeria.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

This design was influenced by the shape of a desert flower that grows in the area.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

A watercolor by the Saudi artist Fahda Bint Saud shows three women sitting in the desert.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

He enters a cave deep in the desert in the state of Arizona.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

This woman named Artemia was abandoned by her smuggler in the desert and now she faces a dilemma.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

In bad times, the desert turns into a barren wasteland, challenging the survival skills of even the hardiest of people and their animals.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

In the shadow of London's British Museum, is a bit of South Africa's desert.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Mr.Obama got a warm welcome in this university in the desert.

VOA: standard.2009.05.14

With flags that read "Don't Tread On Me", Tea Party supporters gathered in a windswept dusty lot in the desert in Searchlight,Nevada, the hometown of Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

"I make every two years a big festival in the desert. We bring maybe 5,000 persons to the desert to make African fashion true and to help African fashion to grow and to give human face for African fashion."

VOA: standard.2010.01.31