biome - a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate

geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth

Arabian Desert - a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia

Atacama Desert - a desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits

Australian Desert - general name given to all desert areas in Australia

Colorado Desert - an arid region of southeastern California

Death Valley - a desert area in eastern California and southern Nevada; the lowest point in North America

Gibson Desert - a desert area in western Australia

Gila Desert - a desert area in southern Arizona

Gobi, Gobi Desert - a desert in central Asia

Great Sandy Desert - a desert region in northwestern Australia north of the Gibson Desert

Great Victoria Desert - a desert region in south central Australia north of the Nullarbor Plain

Kalahari, Kalahari Desert - a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana

Libyan Desert - the northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan

Mohave Desert, Mojave Desert, Mohave, Mojave - a desert area in southern California

Namib Desert - a desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean

Negev, Negev Desert - a desert in southern Israel

Nubian Desert - an arid sandstone plateau between the Nile and the Red Sea

Painted Desert - a desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona

Patagonian Desert - a semi-arid region in southern South America

Sahara, Sahara Desert - the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa

Simpson Desert - a desert region of central Australia

Sinai Desert, Sinai - a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt

Sonoran Desert - a desert in southwestern Arizona

leave - go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind"

expose - abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"

walk out - leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval; "She walked out on her husband and children"

ditch - forsake; "ditch a lover"

maroon, strand - leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue; "the travellers were marooned"

flee, take flight, fly - run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

rat - desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"