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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 6690-6691
(externalImage Desert "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/ Namibian_Desert.jpg")	pictureList.kif 1472-1472
(subclass Desert LandArea)	Geography.kif 6689-6689	Desert is a subclass of land area

appearance as argument number 2

(termFormat ChineseLanguage Desert "沙漠")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 19215-19215
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage Desert "沙漠")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 19214-19214
(termFormat EnglishLanguage Desert "desert")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 19213-19213

antecedent

(=> (instance ?DESERT Desert) (attribute ?DESERT Dry))	Geography.kif 6693-6695	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 6703-6705	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 6697-6701	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 2474-2487	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 6713-6718	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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