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Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. desert A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a> that receives little precipitation, by fiat less than 200 mm per year. Desert soil is often composed mostly of sand, and sand dunes may be present. Exposures of rocky terrain are typical, and reflect minimal soil development and sparse vegetation. Desert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert deserts Sebkha A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rumBLxHS_EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ClaySoilRegion</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rorbBynM-EdqAAAACs6hnlQ" class="cyc_term">Sebkha</a> is a natural depression in arid or semi-arid regions whose bed is covered with salt encrusted clayey soil. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rorbBynM-EdqAAAACs6hnlQ" class="cyc_term">Sebkha</a>s can be hazardous obstacles to land transportation. sebkha member of The Set desert the union of The Set gravelly rocky soil region (CollectionIntersectionFn (TheSet Desert (CollectionUnionFn (TheSet GravellySoilRegion RockySoilRegion)))) SandyDesert sandy desert A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rzSvynqiWEdqAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">SandyDesert</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> that is composed almost entirely of sand and sand dunes. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCEnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaharaDesert</a> is a typical example of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rzSvynqiWEdqAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">SandyDesert</a>. (TerritoryFn RasAlKhaimah-Emirate) Ras al Khaymah GobiDesert A large <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> in central Asia. Gobi Desert The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxr3gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmargosaDesert</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> that lies on the eastern side of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdvbfpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmargosaRange</a>. AmargosaDesert Amargosa Desert Abu Dhabi (TerritoryFn AbuDhabi-Emirate) KalahariDesert A large <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> in southern Africa. Kalahari Desert Bahrain (TerritoryFn Bahrain) GreatBasinDesert A large <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> in the southwestern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>. Great Basin Desert A large <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjX8ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Argentina</a>. the Patagonian Desert PatagonianDesert A large <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> in northwestern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Australia</a>. Great Sandy Desert GreatSandyDesert Namib Desert A large <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> along the Atlantic coast of southwestern Africa. NamibDesert A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> in northern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUkZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Chile</a>. AtacamaDesert Atacama Desert MojaveDesert The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwHiXcpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MojaveDesert</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> in southern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj2upwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">California_State</a>. Mojave Desert (TerritoryFn Kuwait) Kuwait (TerritoryFn Qatar) Qatar SyrianDesert A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> in southwestern Asia. Syrian Desert Ajman (TerritoryFn Ajman-Emirate) Syria (TerritoryFn Syria) (TerritoryFn Dubai-Emirate) Dubai (TerritoryFn Sharjah-Emirate) Sharjah Bahrain-TheIsland Bahrain-TheIsland is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Island</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MiddleEast_Region</a>. Currently, the island is northeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaudiArabia</a>, northwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Qatar</a>, and occupied by the country <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bahrain</a>. Bahrain WesternDesertOfEgypt Western Desert Of Egypt The desert part of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Egypt</a>, west of the Nile basin. ChihuahuanDesert Chihuahuan Desert A large <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> in lying partially in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkAiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mexico</a> and partially in the southwestern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>. ArabianDesert A very large <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> occupying almost all of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjt7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianPeninsula</a>. Arabian Desert desert A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a> that receives little precipitation, by fiat less than 200 mm per year. Desert soil is often composed mostly of sand, and sand dunes may be present. Exposures of rocky terrain are typical, and reflect minimal soil development and sparse vegetation. Desert NaturalThing The notoriously hard to define collection of &quot;natural&quot; things. An individual is an instance of this collection if it is itself an individual or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYjIS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Situation</a> that occurs in nature, i.e., not as a result of an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a>'s (or group thereof) intentions to modify the environment, or else is an individual that is the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWStbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">outputsCreated</a> of an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a> that is itself natural. natural thing <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> means that <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is <i>broader</i> than <code><b>TERM1</b></code>, in an extremely general sense of &quot;broader&quot;. For example, <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code><b>TERM1</b></code> if any of the following hold:<br><br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that subsumes <code><b>TERM1</b></code>; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as an instance; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as parts; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as a part; <br><br> This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. BT broaderTerm Concept Nodes For Task Type Fn intelligence analysis task (ConceptNodesForTaskTypeFn IntelligenceAnalysisTask-Allotment) ClimateConcept climate concept A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ret7qgOKgEdmAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">ConceptTypeByDomain</a> (q.v.). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rS3Jbwv7CEdmAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">ClimateConcept</a> are collections and relations having to do with climate. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkBopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AnnualClimateCycle</a>, those specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a> that are closely associated with particular climates, and relations used for describing the locations, meteorological features, inhabitants, and other features of regions in various types of climates are instances of this collection. desert A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a> that receives little precipitation, by fiat less than 200 mm per year. Desert soil is often composed mostly of sand, and sand dunes may be present. Exposures of rocky terrain are typical, and reflect minimal soil development and sparse vegetation. Desert desert A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a> that receives little precipitation, by fiat less than 200 mm per year. Desert soil is often composed mostly of sand, and sand dunes may be present. Exposures of rocky terrain are typical, and reflect minimal soil development and sparse vegetation. Desert Instances are the spatial regions (usually 3d) depicted or displayed in a visual image. ImageSpace scene desert A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a> that receives little precipitation, by fiat less than 200 mm per year. Desert soil is often composed mostly of sand, and sand dunes may be present. Exposures of rocky terrain are typical, and reflect minimal soil development and sparse vegetation. Desert ecological region EcologicalRegion A collection of geographical regions. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjKJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EcologicalRegion</a> is a region having one or more characteristic ecosystems. From knowledge of those ecosystems, we can posit whether certain organisms can forage, reproduce, and live successfully there. Information about ecological regions typically also includes what kinds of organisms are in fact found there. In theory, any arbitrary continuous region could be analyzed as an ecological region, but most regions identified in practice have some kind of sameness or systematic interconnection in their topology, climate, and biology. Examples: the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBnu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternDesertOfEgypt</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvr5ZE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GreatBarrierReef</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgEX1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Amazon_Region</a>. Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString desert A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjreZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Desert</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a> that receives little precipitation, by fiat less than 200 mm per year. Desert soil is often composed mostly of sand, and sand dunes may be present. Exposures of rocky terrain are typical, and reflect minimal soil development and sparse vegetation. Desert biome A collection of collections. Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwNQuD5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiomeType</a> is a type of broad plant and animal community, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgEAo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Grassland</a>. BiomeType VegetationConcept vegetation concept A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ret7qgOKgEdmAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">ConceptTypeByDomain</a> (q.v.). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rnPO37P7DEdmAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">VegetationConcept</a> are collections and relations having to do with vegetation. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4riYDJLHSuEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">RegionTypeByVegetation</a>, and relations used for describing the locations and associated climates and terrain features of various types of vegetation are instances of this collection.