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A satellite image of the Sahara, the world's largest hot desert and third largest desert after Antarctica and the Arctic. Desert greening is the process of afforestation or revegetation of deserts for ecological restoration (biodiversity), sustainable farming and forestry, but also for reclamation of natural water systems and other ecological systems that support life.
Rhanterium epapposum is a plant of the family Asteraceae. [1] Native to the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar where it is known locally as arfaj (Arabic: عرفج). [2] The arfaj consists of a complicated network of branches scattered with small thorny leaves and bright yellow flowers about 1.5 cm wide.
Saudi Arabia has a range of mountains, the Sarawat or Sarat Mountains, which run parallel with the Red Sea coast. These are low at the northern end, have a gap in the middle between Medina and Ta'if, and are higher at the southern end, where Mount Soudah in the Asir Mountains, at just over 3,000 m (10,000 ft) is the highest point in Saudi Arabia.
King Abdullah Gardens (KAGA), previously known as King Abdullah International Gardens (KAIG) (Arabic: حدائق الملك عبدالله العالمية), is a unique and ecologically sensitive botanical garden located in Riyadh, the arid desert of central Saudi Arabia. [1]
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 ...
The desert-covered Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the geographically largest country in the Middle East. [1] Moreover, it accounts for 65% of the overall population of the GCC countries and 42% of its GDP. [2] Saudi Arabia does not have a strong history in environmentalism.
A recent study undertaken in Saudi Arabia did not, however, reveal unusually high levels of nitrates in the species (of the kind which would account for high flammability) when compared with those of various other desert plants, although this does not necessarily rule out the possibility of higher nitrate levels in Israeli populations of the plant.
The drier Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert lies to the northwest along the Red Sea coast, and wraps around the north and east between the foothill savanna and the hyper-arid Arabian Desert ecoregion of Central Arabia. [2] The mountains rise from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in a series of escarpments.