For population 25 years and over in Fort Lee: 1  High school or higher: 97.9%. 2  Bachelor's degree or higher: 30.2%. 3  Graduate or professional degree: 8.8%. 4  Unemployed: 7.7%. 5  Mean travel time to work (commute): 11.7 minutes.
A desert is a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to the processes of denudation. About one third of the land surface of the world is arid or semi-arid.
1. 'desert' as a noun. A desert. is a large area of land where there is very little water or rain, no trees, and very few plants. They crossed the Sahara Desert. 2. 'desert' as a verb. When people or animals desert. a place, they all leave it. Poor farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs.