1.   And, soon, like water sprinkled on hot desert ground, my savings would vanish.

2.   Laying and distributing the eggs in small batches is a special adaptation to these hot desert conditions.

3.   Plants cope with hot dry desert in many different ways.

4.   The hot desert sun had parched the land.

5.   Although frequently associated with hot desert regions, the effects of salt weathering have also been observed in high-latitude arid regions such as Antarctica.

6.   It is also active in areas adjacent to nearly enclosed seas in hot deserts, for example the Red Sea, where both humidity and salinity are high.

7.   This is within the range of diumal temperature change in many hot deserts and precipitation will occur as the temperature rises or falls across this value.

8.   Aching for his touch as one might ache to plunge into deep, cold waters on a scorchingly hot desert afternoon.

9.   Then the hot desert wind died to a whisper and the reprieved showed their relief.