How does the sand get into the deserts?

Subject: How does the sand get into the deserts?

Date: Sun Apr 11 12:17:14 1999
Posted by Amy Schwartz
Grade level: 4-6 School: No school entered.
City: Flagstaff State/Province: Arizona Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 923851034.Es

Message:


Do the deserts form because lots of sand blows in, or does the 
sand come in after a desert has started to form? What makes the
desert start to form? 

Thank you for reading my question. I want to be a geologist
when I grow up.

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