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American Deserts

Water in the Desert (#103)

The availability of water controls not only the range of plants and animals but the historic and contemporary use of the desert by people. The program also shows how we have altered the desert environment at the expense of native plants, animals and people.

Education Record Rights: Recording/duplication allowed as long as IPTV broadcasts the series.

Program Description: AMERICAN DESERTS takes students on a tour of the four major deserts in the U.S.: Chihuahuan, Sonoran, Mojave and Great Basin.

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Past Episodes

These episodes of American Deserts aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.

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