Tanami Desert

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Location of deserts in Australia

The Tanami Desert is a desert in northern Australia. It has a rocky terrain with small hills. The Tanami Desert is one of the most isolated and arid places on Earth. The Tanami was the Northern Territory's final frontier and wasn't fully explored until well into the twentieth century. It is traversed by the Tanami Track.

[edit] Statistics

Area: 37529 km²
Closest place to the Tanami Desert with recorded rainfall is Rabbit Flat, Northern Territory:
Annual rainfall: 429.7 mm
Mean daily max temperature: 33.5 °C
Mean daily min temperature: 16.4 °C
Mean number of clear days 169
Mean daily evaporation 7.6 mm

[edit] Reference

Gibson, D. F. (David F.) (1986) A biological survey of the Tanami Desert in the Northern Territory Alice Springs, N.T. : Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, 1986. Technical report 072-9990 ; no. 30. ISBN 0724508368
Kelly, Kieran, (2003) Tanami : on foot across Australia's desert heart Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2003. ISBN 0732911885