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Deserts and xeric (Ancient Greek ξηρός xērós 'dry') shrublands form the largest terrestrial biome, covering 19% of Earth's land surface area. [2] Ecoregions in this habitat type vary greatly in the amount of annual rainfall they receive, usually less than 250 millimetres (10 in) annually except in the margins.
Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen: Aldabra Island xeric scrub: Seychelles: East Saharan montane xeric woodlands: Chad, Sudan: Eritrean coastal desert ...
The North Saharan steppe and woodlands is a desert ecoregion, in the deserts and xeric shrublands biome, that forms the northern edge of the Sahara.It extends east and west across Northern Africa, south of the Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe ecoregion of the Maghreb and Cyrenaica, which is part of the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome.
The Central Asian northern desert is an ecoregion in the deserts and xeric shrublands biome, located in the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.The annual precipitation ranges from 100 to 150 mm (4 to 6 in), the winters are cold at −10 to −15 °C (14 to 5 °F) and the summers hot at around 25 °C (77 °F).
The Tamaulipan mezquital (Spanish: Mezquital Tamaulipeco), also known as the Brush Country, is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion in the Southern United States and northeastern Mexico. It covers an area of 141,500 km 2 (54,600 sq mi), [ 2 ] encompassing a portion of the Gulf Coastal Plain in southern Texas , northern Tamaulipas ...
1.3 Deserts and xeric shrublands. 2 Freshwater. 3 Marine. ... Ecoregions are listed by biome. Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. Middle East steppe;
The Galápagos Islands xeric scrub, also known as the Galápagos Islands scrubland mosaic, [2] is a terrestrial deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion that covers the Galápagos Islands. The Galápagos Islands are volcanic in origin, and remote from continents and other islands.
The Tehuacán Valley matorral is a xeric shrubland ecoregion, of the deserts and xeric shrublands biome, located in eastern Central Mexico. Matorral is a Spanish word, along with tomillares, for shrubland, thicket or bushes. [2] The term is used alone for a Mediterranean climate ecosystem in Southern Europe.