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Sahara desert (ecoregion) Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago; San Lucan xeric scrub; Sechura Desert; Snake–Columbia shrub steppe; Socotra Island xeric shrublands; Somali montane xeric woodlands; Sonoran Desert; South Iran Nubo–Sindian desert and semi-desert; South Saharan steppe and woodlands; Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna
The South Saharan steppe and woodlands, also known as the South Sahara desert, is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion of northern Africa.This band is a transitional region between the Sahara's very arid center (the Sahara desert ecoregion) to the north, and the wetter Sahelian Acacia savanna ecoregion to the south. [1]
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 ...
Red Desert rangeland in Wyoming.Water from melted snow pack can be seen on the ground. Such melting is the main source of surface water in Wyoming. Weeds are all that remains in Idaho after a failed restoration project following wildfire, and subsequent invasion by non-native species.
The West Saharan montane xeric woodlands is an ecoregion that extends across several highland regions in the Sahara.Surrounded at lower elevations by the largely barren Sahara, the West Saharan montane xeric woodlands are isolated refuges of plants and animals that can survive in the higher humidity and lower temperatures of the highlands.
The Somali montane xeric shrublands is a desert and xeric scrubland ecoregion in Somalia.The ecoregion lies in the rugged Karkaar Mountains, which run parallel and close to Somalia's northern coast on the Gulf of Aden, and follows coast from Cape Guardafui south to Eyl on the Arabian Sea.
Gibson Desert: Australia Great Sandy-Tanami desert: Australia Great Victoria Desert: Australia Nullarbor Plain xeric shrublands: Australia Pilbara shrublands: Australia Simpson Desert: Australia Tirari–Sturt stony desert: Australia Western Australian mulga shrublands: Australia
There are scattered dry acacia woodlands, predominantly of gidgee (Acacia cambagei). Watercourses support woodlands of red river gum (Eucalyptus camuldulensis), coolibah (E. coolabah), and paperbark (Melaleuca spp.). The Desert Uplands has dry woodlands of Eucalyptus populnea, E. melanophloia, and E. similis.