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5	[[caption-width-right:348:Deserts from around the world (yes, even Antarctica)[[note]]From the top: the Sonoran Desert, the Sahara Desert, the Australian Outback, and the Antarctic Desert[[/note]]]]
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7	->Living in the desert isn't all bad. There's beautiful scenery. And good conversation. Hi rock.
8	-->--'''Spike''', ''{{ComicStrip/Peanuts}}'' 10.12.85
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10	Tropes about the desert and other arid places and biomes. Compare BeachTropes, which are also sandy.
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13	[[index]]
14	* AllDesertsHaveCacti: When a scene takes place in the desert, there's a good chance that there will be at least one cactus.
15	* AntlionMonster: A typically desert-dwelling creature that hunts by creating steep, unstable pits in the sand.
16	* ArabianNightsDays: The Middle East stereotyped as a deserty place full of camels and belly dancers.
17	* BedouinRescueService: Characters are lost in the wild, such as the desert, and get rescued by a group of traveling natives, such as Bedouins.
18	* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: Theme park Ancient Egypt, with plenty of sand, palm trees and pyramidal buildings.
19	* CactusPerson: You might encounter sentient, living cactuses in desert environments.
20	* CrossingTheDesert: An arduous desert crossing.
21	* DeadlyDustStorm: A dangerous sandstorm.
22	* DesertBandits: Outlaws who live or hide out in the desert.
23	* DesertPunk: Sci-fi in the desert.
24	* DesertSkull: A lone skull as decoration in a desolate wasteland.
25	* DesertWarfare: Military conflicts in a desert.
26	* EgyptIsStillAncient: Modern Egypt portrayed as still using the symbols and architecture of ancient Egyptian civilization.
27	* HollywoodMirage: Mirages are portrayed as straight-up hallucinations that can only occur in the desert when one is severely dehydrated.
28	* ImpassableDesert: Video game deserts are impossible/almost impossible to pass until certain conditions are met.
29	* LandShark: Sometimes you will find certain sharks swimming through the dunes.
30	* QuicksandSucks: Improbably quick and dangerous quicksand.
31	* {{Qurac}}: Generic fictional Middle-Eastern country. Expect deserts, camels and mangled pseudo-Islam.
32	* SaharanShipwreck: A ship is grounded improbably far away from water.
33	* SandBlaster: Sand-based ElementalPowers.
34	* SandIsWater: People can swim in sand.
35	* SandWorm: Giant wormlike beasts that tunnel underground, usually in sandy areas, and attack prey on the surface.
36	* ScaryScorpions: Aggressive, venomous scorpions are a common desert danger.
37	* SeaOfSand: A desert is depicted as a wide, endless expanse of nothing but sand.
38	* SentientSands: Living, animated masses of sand.
39	* ShiftingSandLand: A video game level that takes place in a desert-type environment.
40	* StockDesertInterstate: Long highways through the American desert, bare but for dramatic scenery and occasional gas stations.
41	* ThirstyDesert: Dangerous, hostile deserts.
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