Desert


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A desert was a dry area of a planet that has very few sources of water. Desert areas could be found on many class M planets, and some planets, even M-class, seem to be largely or entirely covered by desert.

Worlds which have deserts amongst other climates include Gaia, Lactra VII, and the Genesis Planet. Vulcan was another planet largely covered by deserts, the most famous of which was Vulcan's Forge. Other worlds which seem to be dominated by desert include Nimbus III, Motherlode, Lambda Paz, Kolarus III, and Ocampa (which was turned into a desert after a disaster in the 14th century). 

The surface of Tyree is covered by vast deserts. Benjamin Sisko, Jake, Joseph Sisko, and Ezri Dax experienced them firsthand in early 2375. 

The Yadozi desert is known to be particularly dry. The Tarkanian desert on the other hand, is known for its heat. 

The Lyssarrian desert larva was presumably native to a desert on the Lyssarrian homeworld. 

The Ravinok was forced to crash in a desert on Dozaria by the Breen in 2366. 

In 2370, the southern desert on Caldos II experienced unusually high humidity levels as a result of disruptions in its weather modification network. 

In 2373, the central desert on a Nezu colony was hit by fragments of an asteroid USS Voyager had failed to destroy. Fortunately the region was sparsely populated. 

Earth
Earth has several desert areas, including the Sahara Desert. However, by the 23rd century, terraforming technology had allowed some of Earth's deserts to be converted into green parkland. The Mojave desert was one such area so converted. 

In Earth mythology, a journey trough the desert was mentioned in the epic of Gilgamesh. 

Nevada has large deserts. The American city of Las Vegas was built there in the early 20th century. Nuclear weapons were tested there, such as one detonated there in 1947. In 2375, Las Vegas citizen Vic Fontaine expressed his concern that he might end up "buried in the desert" if the Deep Space 9 crew failed to successfully rob Carl Zeemo's casino. 

The sunrise in the Arizona desert was one of the things Chakotay dearly missed about the Earth. 

Jonathan Archer and Trip Tucker underwent Starfleet survival training in the desert of the Australian outback for two weeks in the 2140s. Tucker later recalled how the heat and dry air of the desert sucked the life out of him. He and Archer ultimately ended up in a similar situation once again when, in 2152, circumstances left them stranded on the desert planet that was the Torothan homeworld. 

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