Some geographical features are referred to as "deserts", and this word may even feature in their names, despite not meeting any meteorological definitions for a desert.[citation needed]
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Accona Desert – area of Siena, Italy.
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Barreiro da Faneca – clayey expanse in the Azores.
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Błędowska Desert – area of sands in Poland.
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The Burren – limestone karst in County Clare, Republic of Ireland.
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Carcross Desert – sand-dune system in Yukon, Canada.
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Chara Sands – region of Siberia, Russia.
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Deliblatska Peščara – sand expanse in Vojvodina, Serbia.
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Desert of Maine – 40-acre expanse of glacial sand-dunes in Maine, United States.
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Desert of Wales – a large, upland area of Wales.
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Dunas dos Ingleses – sand-dune system in Brazil.
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Dungeness – shingle expanse in South East England, United Kingdom, misleadingly nicknamed "Britain's only desert".[8]
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Highlands of Iceland – the interior plateau of Iceland;
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Joaquina Beach – beach in Brazil.
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Kaʻū Desert – an area of desertification in Hawaii, due to the acid rainfall caused by the nearby Kīlauea volcano.
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Larzac – limestone karst plateau in the south of the Massif Central, France.
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Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
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Lieberose Desert - a desert on a former military training ground in southern Brandenburg, Germany
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Melnik Desert Canyon – a canyon in Bulgaria.
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Oltenian Sahara – area of desertification in Oltenia, Romania.
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The Stone Desert – rock formation in Bulgaria.
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Red Desert – desert-like region in South Africa.
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Sand dunes of Lemnos – sand-dune expanse on Lemnos, Greece.
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Sands of Đurđevac – sand-dune system in Croatia.
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Sleeping Bear Dunes – lakeshore in Michigan, United States.
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Słowiński National Park – sand-dune expanse in Poland.
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Tottori Sand Dunes – sand-dune system in Tottori Prefecture, Japan.
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Chad Basin National Park – desert park in northern Nigeria.