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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 6620-6621
(externalImage Desert "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/ Namibian_Desert.jpg")	pictureList.kif 1472-1472
(subclass Desert LandArea)	Geography.kif 6619-6619	Desert is a subclass of land area

appearance as argument number 2

(termFormat ChineseLanguage Desert "沙漠")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 19211-19211
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage Desert "沙漠")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 19210-19210
(termFormat EnglishLanguage Desert "desert")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 19209-19209

antecedent

(=> (instance ?DESERT Desert) (attribute ?DESERT Dry))	Geography.kif 6623-6625	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 6633-6635	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 6627-6631	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 2475-2488	If a process is an instance of desertification and the process is located at an object, 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 the object and the entity overlapsSpatially holds during the beginning of the time of existence of the process and the object and the other entity 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 6643-6648	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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