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Desert(desert)

An_Nafud, An_Nefud, Ar_Rimsal, Arabian_Desert, Atacama_Desert, Australian_Desert, Black_Africa, Black_Rock_Desert, Chihuahuan_Desert, Colorado_Desert, Dahna, Dasht-e-Kavir, Dasht-e-Lut, Death_Valley, Eastern_Desert, Gibson_Desert, Gila_Desert, Gobi, Gobi_Desert, Great_Arabian_Desert, Great_Australian_Desert, Great_Indian_Desert, Great_Salt_Desert, Great_Sandy_Desert, Great_Victoria_Desert, Kalahari, Kalahari_Desert, Kara_Kum, Kavir_Desert, Kizil_Kum, Kyzyl_Kum, Libyan_Desert, Lut_Desert, Mohave, Mohave_Desert, Mojave, Mojave_Desert, Nafud, Namib_Desert, Nefud, Negev, Negev_Desert, Nubian_Desert, Painted_Desert, Patagonian_Desert, Qara_Qum, Qizil_Qum, Rub_al-Khali, Simpson_Desert, Sinai...

appearance as argument number 1

(documentation Desert EnglishLanguage "Desert is a subclass of LandAreas that are arid regions having sparse or no vegetation.")	Geography.kif 6055-6056
(externalImage Desert "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/ Namibian_Desert.jpg")	pictureList.kif 1473-1473
(subclass Desert LandArea)	Geography.kif 6054-6054	Desert is a subclass of land area

appearance as argument number 2

(termFormat ChineseLanguage Desert "沙漠")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 19132-19132
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage Desert "沙漠")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 19131-19131
(termFormat EnglishLanguage Desert "desert")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 19130-19130

antecedent

(=> (instance ?DESERT Desert) (attribute ?DESERT Dry))	Geography.kif 6058-6060	If an object is an instance of desert, then dry is an attribute of the object
(=> (instance ?DESERT Desert) (not (vegetationType ?DESERT BotanicalTree)))	Geography.kif 6068-6070	If a geographic area is an instance of desert, then not botanical tree is found in the geographic area
(=> (instance ?DESERT Desert) (or (groundSurfaceType ?DESERT Rock) (groundSurfaceType ?DESERT Sand)))	Geography.kif 6062-6066	If a land area is an instance of desert, then rock is a ground surface type of the land area or sand is a ground surface type of the land area

consequent

(=> (and (instance ?DESERTIFICATION Desertification) (eventLocated ?DESERTIFICATION ?AREA)) (exists (?A1 ?A2) (and (instance ?A1 ArableLand) (instance ?A2 Desert) (holdsDuring (BeginFn (WhenFn ?DESERTIFICATION)) (overlapsSpatially ?AREA ?A1)) (holdsDuring (EndFn (WhenFn ?DESERTIFICATION)) (overlapsSpatially ?AREA ?A2)))))	Weather.kif 1388-1401	If a process is an instance of desertification and the process is located at 2, then there exist an entity and another entity such that the entity is an instance of arable land and the other entity is an instance of desert and a third entity and the entity is overlapsSpatially holds during the beginning of the time of existence of the process and the third entity and the other entity is overlapsSpatially holds during the end of the time of existence of the process
(=> (instance ?OASIS Oasis) (exists (?DESERT) (and (instance ?DESERT Desert) (located ?OASIS ?DESERT))))	Geography.kif 6078-6083	If a physical is an instance of oasis, then there exists an object such that the object is an instance of desert and the physical is located at the object

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