Deserts and xeric shrublands
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Deserts and xeric shrublands is a biome characterized by a dry climate. Deserts and xeric shrublands occur in tropical, subtropical, and temperate climate regions.
It is characterized by
- rainfall : almost none
- temperature : hot or cold
- soil : very limited
- plants : very sparse (succulents, xerophyte)
- animal : very sparse (insect, reptiles, arachnids, nocturnal birds)
Colorado's San Luis Valley is a typical cold xeric shrubland located in the temperate zone at high elevation although it does deviate from the general description in being densely populated with small animals and their predators.
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[edit] Desert and xeric shrublands ecoregions
| Afrotropic Deserts and xeric shrublands edit | |
|---|---|
| Aldabra Island xeric scrub | Seychelles |
| Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert | Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen |
| East Saharan montane xeric woodlands | Chad, Sudan |
| Eritrean coastal desert | Djibouti, Eritrea |
| Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands | Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan |
| Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert | Oman, United Arab Emirates |
| Hobyo grasslands and shrublands | Somalia |
| Ile Europa and Bassas da India xeric scrub | Bassas da India, Europa |
| Kalahari xeric savanna | Botswana, Namibia, South Africa |
| Kaokoveld desert | Angola, Namibia |
| Madagascar spiny thickets | Madagascar |
| Madagascar succulent woodlands | Madagascar |
| Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands | Ethiopia, Kenya |
| Nama Karoo | Namibia, South Africa |
| Namib desert | Namibia |
| Namibian savanna woodlands | Namibia |
| Red Sea coastal desert | Egypt, Sudan |
| Socotra Island xeric shrublands | Yemen |
| Somali montane xeric woodlands | Somalia |
| Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna | Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen |
| Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands | Saudi Arabia, Yemen |
| Succulent Karoo | South Africa |
| Australasia Deserts and xeric shrublands edit | |
|---|---|
| Carnarvon xeric shrublands | Australia |
| Central Ranges xeric scrub | Australia |
| 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's Stony Desert | Australia |
| Western Australian mulga shrublands | Australia |
| Indomalaya Deserts and xeric shrublands edit | |
|---|---|
| Deccan thorn scrub forests | India |
| Indus Valley desert | India, Pakistan |
| Northwestern thorn scrub forests | India, Pakistan |
| Thar desert | India, Pakistan |
| Nearctic Deserts and xeric shrublands edit | |
|---|---|
| Baja California desert | Mexico |
| Central Mexican matorral | Mexico |
| Chihuahuan desert | Mexico, United States |
| Colorado Plateau shrublands | United States |
| Great Basin shrub steppe | United States |
| Gulf of California xeric scrub | Mexico |
| Meseta Central matorral | Mexico |
| Mojave desert | United States |
| Snake-Columbia shrub steppe | United States |
| Sonoran desert | Mexico, United States |
| Tamaulipan matorral | Mexico |
| Tamaulipan mezquital | Mexico |
| Wyoming Basin shrub steppe | United States |
| Neotropic Deserts and xeric shrublands edit | |
|---|---|
| Araya and Paria xeric scrub | Venezuela |
| Aruba-Curaçao-Bonaire cactus scrub | Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao |
| Atacama desert | Chile, Peru |
| Caatinga | Brazil |
| Cayman Islands xeric scrub | Cayman Islands |
| Cuban cactus scrub | Cuba |
| Galápagos Islands xeric scrub | Ecuador |
| Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub | Colombia, Venezuela |
| La Costa xeric shrublands | Venezuela |
| Leeward Islands xeric scrub | Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Saint Barthelemy, Saba, US Virgin Islands |
| Malpelo Island xeric scrub | Colombia |
| Motagua Valley thornscrub | Guatemala |
| Paraguana xeric scrub | Venezuela |
| San Lucan xeric scrub | Mexico |
| Sechura desert | Peru |
| Tehuacán Valley matorral | Mexico |
| Windward Islands xeric scrub | Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Saint Peter and Saint Paul rocks | Brazil |
| Palearctic Deserts and xeric shrublands edit | |
|---|---|
| Afghan Mountains semi-desert | Afghanistan |
| Alashan Plateau semi-desert | China, Mongolia |
| Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands | Egypt, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen |
| Atlantic coastal desert | Mauritania, Western Sahara |
| Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe | Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran |
| Badkhiz-Karabil semi-desert | Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Baluchistan xeric woodlands | Afghanistan, Pakistan |
| Caspian lowland desert | Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan |
| Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands | Afghanistan |
| Central Asian northern desert | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan |
| Central Asian riparian woodlands | Kazakhstan |
| Central Asian southern desert | Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Central Persian desert basins | Afghanistan, Iran |
| Eastern Gobi desert steppe | China, Mongolia |
| Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe | Mongolia |
| Great Lakes Basin desert steppe | Mongolia, Russia |
| Junggar Basin semi-desert | China, Mongolia |
| Kazakh semi-desert | Kazakhstan |
| Kopet Dag semi-desert | Iran, Turkmenistan |
| Mesopotamian shrub desert | Iraq, Jordan, Syria |
| North Saharan steppe and woodlands | Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco Tunisia, Western Sahara |
| Paropamisus xeric woodlands | Afghanistan |
| Persian Gulf desert and semi-desert | Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates |
| Qaidam Basin semi-desert | China |
| Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert | Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen |
| Rigestan-North Pakistan sandy desert | Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan |
| Sahara desert | Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia |
| South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert | Iran, Iraq, Pakistan |
| South Saharan steppe and woodlands | Algeria, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan |
| Taklimakan desert | China |
| Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands | Chad, Egypt, Libya, Sudan |
| West Saharan montane xeric woodlands | Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Niger |
| Ecozones |
| Afrotropic · Antarctic · Australasia · Indomalaya · Nearctic · Neotropic · Oceania · Palearctic |
