The Tabernas Desert (in Spanish: Desierto de Tabernas) is a desert in Spain, and one of the only true deserts in Europe, the others being also located within Spain´s southeastern province of Almería, where annual rainfall is, in many parts well below 200 mm a year. It is located about 30 kilometers (19 mi) north of the provincial capital, Almería, in the Tabernas municipality. It is protected as a wilderness area (paraje natural) spanning 280 square kilometres (110 square miles).
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“The desert encroaches on the garden. No matter. Sand will do as well as flowers.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)