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.
Primary Meanings of desert. 1  v leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch. 2  v leave behind. 3  v desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army. 4  n arid land with little or no vegetation.