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  2. List of deserts - Wikipedia

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    Bardenas Reales – a semi-arid desert in Navarre, Spain (455 km 2; 176 sq mi) [1] Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park – an arid desert in Almeria, Spain (460 km 2; 180 sq mi) [2] [3] Monegros Desert – a semi-arid desert in Aragón, Spain [4] Tabernas Desert – an arid and semi-arid desert in Almería, Spain (280 km 2; 110 sq mi) [5]

  3. Desert - Wikipedia

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    Semi-arid Niger. A semi-arid desert or a steppe is a version of the arid desert with much more rainfall, vegetation and higher humidity. These regions feature a semi-arid climate and are less extreme than regular deserts. [34] Like arid deserts, temperatures can vary greatly in semi deserts.

  4. Semi-arid climate - Wikipedia

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    If the area's annual precipitation in millimeters is less than the threshold but more than half or 50% the threshold, it is classified as a BS (steppe, semi-desert, or semi-arid climate). [2] Furthermore, to delineate hot semi-arid climates from cold semi-arid climates, a mean annual temperature of 18 °C (64.4 °F) is used as an isotherm.

  5. List of North American deserts - Wikipedia

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    This large arid region of 190,000 sq mi (490,000 km 2) includes: deserts, such as the Great Basin Desert and Sonoran Desert; and the non-desert arid region areas (with greater than 10 inches (250 mm) annual precipitation) in the Great Basin arid region, Colorado Plateau, Mexican Plateau, and others.

  6. Deserts and xeric shrublands - Wikipedia

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    The Nama Karoo of Namibia has the world's richest desert fauna. [8] The Chihuahuan desert and Central Mexican matorral are the richest deserts in the Neotropics. [9] The Carnarvon xeric shrublands of Australia are a regional center for endemism. [1] The Sonoran and Baja deserts of Mexico are unusual desert communities dominated by giant ...

  7. Okanagan Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Okanagan Desert is the common name for a semi-arid shrubland located in the southern region of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia and Washington. It is centred around the city of Osoyoos and is the only semi-arid shrubland in Canada. [1] [2] Part of this ecosystem is referred to as the Nk'mip Desert by the Osoyoos Indian Band.

  8. Steppe - Wikipedia

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    The term steppe climate denotes a semi-arid climate, which is encountered in regions too dry to support a forest, but not dry enough to be a desert. [2] [3] Steppes are usually characterized by a semi-arid or continental [citation needed] climate. Temperature extremes can be recorded in the summer of up to 45 °C (115 °F) and in winter of down ...

  9. Desert ecology - Wikipedia

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    Deserts support diverse communities of plant and animals that have evolved resistance, and circumventing methods of extreme temperatures and arid conditions. For example, desert grasslands are more humid and slightly cooler than its surrounding ecosystems.