What's The World's Smallest Desert
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The Carcross Desert, located near Carcross in Yukon, Canada, is the world's smallest desert.
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It is technically a series of sand dunes, spanning about 1 square mile (2.6 sq km).
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Despite its name, it's not a hot desert but a cool, unique environment formed from ancient glacial lakebed sediments.
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The desert is known for its sandboarding, hiking, and rare plants like Baikal Sedge.
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It's the sandy bottom of a drained glacial lake from the last Ice Age, with strong winds from nearby Bennett Lake keeping the dunes active.
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It's a sub-Arctic environment, receiving significant precipitation, making it much wetter than typical hot deserts.
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Pine forests and snow-capped mountains surround the sandy dunes, creating a surreal landscape.
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Technically some scientists say it isn't a "true" desert because the rainfall is too high.
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