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The Arabian Desert ecoregion has little biodiversity, although a few endemic plants grow here. Many species, such as the striped hyena , jackal and honey badger , have died out as a result of hunting , habitat destruction , overgrazing by livestock, off-road driving , and human encroachment on their habitat.
Saudi Arabia is a very large country forming the biggest part of the Arabian Peninsula. It has several geographic regions, each with a diversity of plants and animals adapted to their own particular habitats. The country has several extensive mountain ranges, deserts, highlands, steppes, hills, wadis, volcanic areas, lakes and over 1300 islands.
Carnivores include the Arabian wolf, the striped hyena, the red fox, the Blanford's fox, the Rüppell's fox, the Asiatic caracal, the Arabian wildcat, the sand cat and formerly the Arabian leopard. [15] Other mammals include the Cape hare, the Brandt's hedgehog, the desert hedgehog and the long-eared hedgehog. [14] Blanford's fox
The Arabian oryx is the national animal of Dubai (Chris Zacharia) Where dune meets sky, sketched in the sand like a hieroglyph, we find our first sign: the jagged ‘w’ of two talon prints.
The Rub' al Khali [note 1] (/ ˈ r ʊ b æ l ˈ k ɑː l i /; [1] Arabic: ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي, [ar.rʊbʕ‿al.χaːliː]) or Empty Quarter is a desert [2] encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula. The desert covers some 650,000 km 2 (250,000 sq mi) (the area of long. 44°30′−56°30′E, and lat. 16 ...
National animals of the Levant: Arabian oryx (Jordan), mountain gazelle and hoopoe (), striped hyena (Lebanon), Palestine sunbird (Palestine), and saker falcon (Syria). The wildlife of the Levant encompasses all types of wild plants and animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fresh and saltwater fish, and invertebrates, that inhabit the region historically known as the Levant ...
The Eastern Desert (known archaically as Arabia or the Arabian Desert [1] [2]) is the part of the Sahara Desert that is located east of the Nile River.It spans 223,000 square kilometres (86,000 sq mi) of northeastern Africa and is bordered by the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea to the east, and the Nile River to the west.
Increasingly frequent and severe heat waves in the Southwest are damaging some desert plants known for thriving in harsh conditions. Saguaro cacti and agave have both suffered in sweltering ...