21. The plant sits on a desert plain outside Piedras Negras, 20 miles south of Eagle Pass in Texas. 22. The pyramids and the sphinx, for example, rest on a sweeping desert plain that would be difficult to control. 23. Desolate untended agricultural terraces are seen on the slopes of the mountain with canals leading to the desert plains . 24. The artwork is subject to natural erosion and in due course the area will revert to original desert plain . 25. Dust storms choke northern China nearly every spring, often blown off the dry expanses of the Mongolian desert plain . 26. The stampede took place in the desert plain at Mina, about three miles ( five kilometers ) from Mecca. 27. The stampede took place in the desert plain at Mina, about three miles ( 5 kilometers ) from Mecca. 28. However, in the open desert plains of the Middle East, it would have been foolish to travel on foot. 29. The buttes are a major landmark, rising well above the surrounding high desert plain with a topographic prominence of approximately. 30. Baqi is digging a well near the mountain slopes on the edge of a desert plain outside the city of Kandahar.