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[[File:Desert Backdrop.png|right|frame|The desert Backdrop]]
A '''desert''' (Japanese: '''さばく''' ''desert'') is a type of arid environment in the [[Pokémon world]]. There is often a continuous {{weather|sandstorm}} in deserts. They tend to have {{t|Rock}}- and {{type|Ground}} Pokémon, although Pokémon based on desert-dwelling organisms such as {{p|Cacnea}} may also be found. Deserts can be found in most post-Generation III regions of the Pokémon world. They are covered in [[sand tile|sand]] and contain little to no [[water tile|water]].

==List of deserts==
===In Hoenn===
[[File:Desert Hoenn Emerald.png|thumb|right|80px|Route 111]]
{{rt|111|Hoenn}}, a route in the [[Hoenn]] region, contains a section which is a harsh desert. There is a continuous {{weather|sandstorm}} and the [[Go-Goggles]] are required to enter. This desert uses a {{cat|Special tiles|special tile}} known as {{DL|Sand tile|deep sand}}, instead of [[tall grass]].

The [[Desert Ruins]], the resting place of {{p|Regirock}}, is found at the southernmost point in the desert.

Two Fossils, the [[Root and Claw Fossils]], can be found here. In Ruby and Sapphire, they lie in the sand, and one will sink in to be lost forever while the other will be able to be obtained by the player. In Emerald, instead the Fossils are in [[Mirage Tower]], and whichever is not chosen there will be able to be found in the [[Desert Underpass]] after the [[Elite Four]] has been defeated.

===In Sinnoh===
{{rt|228|Sinnoh}} is a desert route in the [[Battle Zone]] in the [[Sinnoh]] region. It links {{rt|226|Sinnoh}} with {{rt|229|Sinnoh}}. On this route, some of the highest-leveled wild Pokémon in Sinnoh can be found. There is a raging {{weather|sandstorm}} here that will affect all battles. In {{game|Platinum}}, the [[Rock Peak Ruins]] are present here. Wild Pokémon are found in [[tall grass]] and [[water tile|water]].

===In Unova===
A large desert is located within the [[Unova]] region. The [[Desert Resort]] and {{rt|4|Unova}} make up this desert, and contain the [[Relic Castle]]. Like {{rt|111|Hoenn}}, this desert uses a {{cat|Special tiles|special tile}} known as {{DL|Sand tile|deep sand}}, instead of [[tall grass]]. In {{2v2|Black|White}}, five {{p|Darmanitan}} with {{a|Zen Mode}} can be found in this desert.

===In Kalos===
There is a small desert located on {{rt|13|Kalos}}, next to the [[Kalos Power Plant]], which is dry and barren of anything other than dust clouds which contain Pokémon such as {{p|Gible}}.

===In Orre===
[[File:Orre.png|thumb|right|200px|Orre]]
The largest known desert in the Pokémon world, this desert spans the majority of the [[Orre]] region, as well as overlapping into neighboring regions. The area of the desert located in Orre is so harsh that only a few Pokémon are known to be capable of surviving there.

===In Almia===
[[Haruba Desert]] is an area in {{g|Ranger: Shadows of Almia}}. It is located in a remote part of [[Almia]]. It links [[Haruba Village]] and [[Hippowdon Temple]].

===In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon world===
[[File:Furnace Desert.png|thumb|150px|{{fa|Furnace Desert}}]]
There are four major deserts in the [[Pokémon world (Mystery Dungeon)|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon world]]: {{fa|Furnace Desert}}, the [[Desert Region]], the [[Northern Desert]] and [[Shimmer Desert]].

===In the [[Johto Safari Zone]]===
In the [[Johto Safari Zone]], one selectable area is a {{DL|Johto Safari Zone|desert}}.

==As a Backdrop==
In [[Generation IV]], there is a [[Backdrop]] named "Desert", which can be used when dressing up Pokémon. It can be obtained as a default with the [[Fashion Case]], as the 4th rank prize obtained from [[Jubilife TV]]'s lottery{{sup/4|DP}}, from a woman on the first floor of the [[Global Terminal]]{{sup/4|Pt}}, and from a man in the [[Goldenrod Tunnel]].{{sup/4|HGSS}}

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==In the anime==
[[File:Mandarin Island South Desert.png|thumb|200px|Mandarin Desert]]
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A large desert exists on [[Mandarin Island South]] known as the Mandarin Desert.

The desert in ''[[AG046|Candid Camerupt]]'' is likely based on {{rt|111|Hoenn}} because the [[Winstrate family]], another aspect of Route 111, is found living there.

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