Boa Vista is a desert island in the Barlaventos archipelago of Cape Verde. It economy was originally based on agriculture, but desertification led to salt collection becoming more important. Its main industries today are date farming and tourism. A dune in the Egyptian desert Desert in California In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation. ... An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ... Ship stranded by the retreat of the Aral Sea Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi arid and dry sub-humid areas into desert, resulting from various factors including climatic variations and human activities. ... In chemistry, salt is a general term used for ionic compounds composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. ... Datateknologerna vid Åbo Akademi r. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ...

The island is known for marine turtles and traditional music, as well as its ultramarathon and its sand dunes and beaches. Its main town is Sal Rei, its ferry port and home to Boa Vista's airport. Genera Caretta Lepidochelys Chelonia Eretmochelys Natator Dermochelys Sea turtles are large, ocean-dwelling turtles. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... An ultramarathon is any running event longer than the marathon length of 42. ... This article is about the sand formations, for other meanings see Dune (disambiguation) Mesquite Flat Dunes in Death Valley National Park In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by eolian (wind-related) processes. ... Beach A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, or cobble along the shoreline of a body of water. ...