desert floor
Arid basin surface
The desert floor is the flat, low-lying ground surface of a desert landscape, as opposed to surrounding mountains, mesas, or dunes.
The term emphasizes the terrain's flatness and barrenness: Sagebrush dotted the desert floor.
Heat shimmered off the desert floor as we descended from the canyon rim.
- sandFine rock particles
- sand duneWind-formed sand mound
- cracked earthDried ground with fissures
- cactusSpiny desert plant
- scorpionStinging arachnid with pincers
scorpion sting · heat · arid · cracked · parched · dust · dust devil · flash flood · dry lake bed · lizard · sun · barren · rocks · dry · wasteland · tumbleweed · mirage · rattlesnake
desert floormountain peak
Topmost point of elevation
summit · mountaintop · canyon rim · ridgeline · hilltop
desert floorocean floor
Underwater continental surface
rainforest floor · wetland · forest floor · seafloor · riverbed
desert floorice sheet
Thick glacial landmass covering
tundra · permafrost · fertile valley · oasis · grassland
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