HOW DESERTS ARE FORMED
There is a popular idea that deserts like the Sahara are the bottoms pi ancient seas which have been lifted above their original elevation by geological forces. This notion is an erroneous one. It is absolutely certain, high authorities contend, that the sands of all the great deserts have been formed on the spot by the disintegration of the solid rocks on which they rest. Desert sands correspond in all respects, so far as their mode of origin* is concerned, to the dust and sand that accumulates on our high roads in summer. All deserts are situated where the winds from the ocean, before reaching them are exhausted of their moisture by passing over mountains or across extensive tracts of land.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2282, 29 January 1912, Page 7
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125HOW DESERTS ARE FORMED Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2282, 29 January 1912, Page 7
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