Naming concept: sandbox => sand => desert Release names assigned from the following list of deserts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deserts Enough names for 60+ releases...then we'll start assigning names of cactus species, of which there are 1000's Africa 0.0.1 Tatti Desert – part of the Sahara located in Algeria 0.0.2 Blue Desert – a desert in Egypt 0.0.3 Kalahari Desert – a desert covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa 0.1.0 Karoo – a semi-desert region in South Africa 0.1.1 Libyan Desert – part of the Sahara located in Libya 0.1.2 Namib Desert – a desert in present day Namibia 0.2.0 Nubian Desert – a desert in present day Sudan 0.2.1 Owami Desert – a desert in Nigeria 0.5.0 Sahara Desert – the world's largest hot desert covering most of Northern Africa, Asia 0.5.1 Cholistan – a desert in Pakistan 0.6.0 Dashti Margo – a desert in SW Afghanistan Gobi – a desert in Mongolia and China Indus Valley Desert – a desert located in Pakistan Kara Kum – a large Central Asian desert Kharan desert – a desert located in Pakistan Kyzyl Kum – a desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Lop Desert – a desert in China Ordos – a desert in northern China Rub' al Khali – a desert located in Saudi Arabia Taklamakan – a desert located in China Thal Desert – a desert in Pakistan Thar Desert – a desert in Pakistan and India Arabian Desert – a vast desert complex on the Arabian Peninsula comprising the Al-Dahna Desert, Empty Quarter, Nefud Desert and other deserts Dasht-e Kavir – a desert in central Iran Dasht-e Lut – a large salt desert in southeastern Iran Judaean Desert – a desert in eastern Israel and the West Bank Maranjab Desert – a desert in central Iran Negev – a desert located in southern Israel Ramlat al-Sab`atayn – a sandy desert in central & northeastern Yemen, part of the Empty Quarter Sinai Peninsula – a desert located on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt Wahiba Sands – a desert in Oman Europe Accona Desert – a semi-desert in central Italy Bardenas Reales – a semi-desert in Navarre, Spain (455 km²) Błędowska Desert – a desert located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (32 km²) Deliblatska Peščara – a desert located in Vojvodina, Serbia (300 km²) Highlands of Iceland – the interior plateau of Iceland; not a desert by climate, but effectively one because precipitation penetrates the volcanic soil so quickly that the land is infertile Monegros Desert – a semi-desert in Aragón, Spain Oleshky Sands – a desert located in Ukraine near Askania-Nova biosphere reserve (15 km in diameter) Oltenian Sahara – a desert spanning approximately 80,000 hectares or 800 km² in the Romanian historical province of Oltenia[1] Stranja Sahara - a desert in southeastern Bulgaria near the city of Burgas. It is about 80,000 hectares, sometimes estimated to about 850 km². It is near the borders of Turkey and northwestern Greece[2] Tabernas Desert – a desert in Almería, Spain (280 km²) North America Black Rock Desert Central Valley of California (which is divided into the Sacramento Valley in the north, and the San Joaquin Valley in the south) – this area has largely been transformed, due to irrigation canals, to an agricultural area. It is technically a semi-arid climate Chihuahuan Desert Colorado Desert Mojave Desert Pumice Desert, the remains of an ash flow from the big eruption of Mount Mazama[3] Sonoran Desert South America Atacama – a desert in Chile and Peru, the driest place on Earth La Guajira Desert – a desert in northern Colombia and Venezuela Monte Desert – in Argentina, a smaller desert above the Patagonian Desert Patagonian Desert – the largest desert in the Americas, located in Argentina and Chile Sechura Desert – a desert located south of the Piura Region of Peru Australia Central Desert – a central Australian desert Gibson Desert – a central Australian desert Great Sandy Desert – a northwestern Australian desert Great Victoria Desert – the biggest desert in Australia Little Sandy Desert – a western Australian desert Simpson Desert – a central Australian desert Strzelecki Desert – a south-central Australian desert Tanami Desert – a northern Australian desert Zealandia Rangipo Desert – a barren desert-like plateau (with 1.5-2.5 m/yr rainfall) on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand Polar regions Antarctica Desert – the largest desert in the world[4] Arctic Desert – the second largest desert in the world Greenland – a large tundra which is also the world's largest island North American Arctic – a large tundra in North America Russian Arctic – a large tundra in Russia