Definition of Gibson desert

1. Noun. A desert area in western Australia.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Gibson Desert

Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium
Gibbs-Helmholtz equation
Gibbs energy of activation
Gibbs free energy
Gibney
Gibney's boot
Gibney's fixation bandage
Gibraltar
Gibraltar fever
Gibraltarian
Gibraltarians
Gibralter
Gibran
Gibson
Gibson's bandage
Gibson Desert
Gibson girl
Gibson murmur
Gibsonian
Gibsons
Gida
Gidar
Gide
Gideon Algernon Mantell
Gielgud
Giemsa
Giemsa chromosome banding stain
Giemsa stain
Gierke's disease
Gierke's respiratory bundle

Literary usage of Gibson desert

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1915)
"North of this lies gibson desert, a barren expanse of stones and gravel, reaching to the Tropic of Capricorn. Beyond this the great sandy desert rolls away ..."

2. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"... to cross with horses; but in both cases lack of water drove him back, on one occasion after the loss of his companion Gibson, in the gibson desert. ..."

3. The Progress of Australasia in the Nineteenth Century by Timothy Augustine Coghlan, Thomas T. Ewing (1903)
"Resuming their journey they entered the gibson desert on the 1st June. It was part of Giles' plan to discover how far west this terrible desert extended. ..."

4. The Progress of Australasia in the Nineteenth Century by Timothy Augustine Coghlan, Thomas T. Ewing (1903)
"Resuming their journey they entered the gibson desert on the 1st June. It was part of Giles' plan to discover how far west this terrible desert extended. ..."

5. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1915)
"North of this lies gibson desert, a barren expanse of stones and gravel, reaching to the Tropic of Capricorn. Beyond this the great sandy desert rolls away ..."

6. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"... to cross with horses; but in both cases lack of water drove him back, on one occasion after the loss of his companion Gibson, in the gibson desert. ..."

7. The Progress of Australasia in the Nineteenth Century by Timothy Augustine Coghlan, Thomas T. Ewing (1903)
"Resuming their journey they entered the gibson desert on the 1st June. It was part of Giles' plan to discover how far west this terrible desert extended. ..."

8. The Progress of Australasia in the Nineteenth Century by Timothy Augustine Coghlan, Thomas T. Ewing (1903)
"Resuming their journey they entered the gibson desert on the 1st June. It was part of Giles' plan to discover how far west this terrible desert extended. ..."

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