Kalahari Desert
Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid to arid region in southern Africa and is Africa’s second largest desert. Kalahari is described as “nothing special”. This place is covered with sand, which may have been formed between 2,6 million and 11.700 years ago, due to strong wind and rain activity. Kalahari Desert It is also the place where there was a lot of human activity many thousands of years ago.
Kalahari Desert covers an area of 930.000 square kilometers. Covers 2% of the area of Botswana, parts of Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. The Kalahari Desert is not really an arid desert because there are places that receive over 70mm of rainfall every year but erratically so plants can still grow well, the Kalahari is only really arid in the southwest region.
At Kalahari Desert There are many protected areas. In which, the center of kalahari, is the second largest nature reserve in the world, so it has high biodiversity. This area contains many large minerals such as coal, copper, and nickel. In particular, there are large diamond mines located in Orapa in the northeast of the Kalahari.
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Patogonia Desert
The Patagonian Desert located in the southernmost tip of the Americas and within the territories of two countries, Argentina and Chile. The Patagonian Desert covers an area of 670.000 square kilometers. The desert and semi-desert region extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Andes, mostly treeless plains.
This is a hot desert and like death valley, Patogonia desert located on the less rainy slopes of death valley. The heat here is no less than the valley of death, the average annual rainfall here is only about 160 to 200mm.
According to Susan Woodward, a professor of geography emeritus at Radford University Virginia, the harsh environment here is mainly due to the influence of topography. As the air masses are forced to move around mountains and low-lying areas, they become hotter and their capacity to hold water vapor increases. On the less rainy side of a mountain range, water evaporates very quickly, thus creating an arid desert environment.
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Sahara Desert
Sahara in Arabic language means Great Desert, there are many outstanding features that give this special name. Sahara Desert There are huge sand dunes, rivers and streams, rocky plateaus, arid valleys, many verdant oases and diverse flora and fauna and reptiles.
Sahara Desert The desert has the most. Hot desert has the largest area in the world with 9,4 million square kilometers, is the desert that passes through the most countries in the world (2 countries are Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Chad, Morocco, Eritrea, Niger) , Mauritania, Mali, and Sudan). And it’s the desert with the biggest sandstorms. Sahara Desert There are sand dunes up to 180 meters high. Despite being a desert, the Sahara has many oases and has one of the great rivers flowing through it (the Nile). The Sahara Desert is the most mineral-rich place in Africa. The Egyptian civilization was also located on the vast Sahara desert.
Sahara Desert has a large temperature range between day and night of 15 to 35 degrees Celsius. The Sahara Desert has an average annual rainfall of less than 100mm. There are many places where almost all year there is not a drop of rain. Currently, the Sahara Desert is constantly expanding southward. Especially, at the beginning of 2018, unusual snow fell on desert create a magnificent scene. Snow covers the sand dunes in the Sahara region of Ain Sefra, Algeria. The winter of 2017 was the first time in nearly 40 years that the desert welcomed snow again.
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Great Basin Desert
Great Basin Desert Also known as the desert basin, is located in the western part of the United States. This is a large arid region and home to the Shoshonean tribe. Great Basin is a closed basin and there is no river to the sea.
Great Basin Desert covers an area of 492.000 square kilometers. Inside the basin were two large cities. The ecosystem in this place is also quite diverse with typical plants such as shrubs, pine, white wormwood… and animals such as black-tailed rabbits, coyotes, and deer. …
Great Basin Desert is one of the most sparsely populated areas of the United States and is a transit site for major and long-distance railroads and expressways extending from major metropolitan areas from Denver to Los Angeles, California.
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Gobi . Desert
Gobi . Desert It is the largest desert in Asia with an area of over 1,2 million square kilometers, located in southern Mongolia and north-northwest China. this is a cold desertIn the winter, there is often frost and sometimes white snow covers the sand dunes, creating a picture of a desolate and peaceful nature.
Unlike the Sahara, which are sandy beaches Gobi . Desert is a rocky desert, rocky mountains. Winds in Gobi can blow up to 140km/h. Gobi . Desert There exist many kinds of rare animals such as Two-humped Camel, Black-tailed Gazen Antelope, Snow Bear…
Although it is a place with very few people living here, there are many people in the world who know about this place because of its pristine and mysterious beauty. Known Gobi without going on an adventure through the desert would be a waste. Interesting things to discover Gobi . Desert is riding a camel on a dry land that sometimes feels like walking on a wasteland, sometimes feels like moving towards the horizon.
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Arabian Desert
Arabian Desert located in Western Asia covering an area of 2,33 million square kilometers covering Saudi Arabia, Oman and parts of Iran. The temperature here can reach 2 degrees Celsius in the central areas, the surrounding areas are often 50 degrees Celsius. The average annual rainfall in the Arabian desert is 40mm. Depending on the place, the amount of rain will change up or down.
Arabian Desert has low biodiversity but still has typical animals of the region such as sand gazelle, jackal,.. Currently, due to the advancement of science and technology, the Arabian desert is being covered with green. by planting trees. This is indeed a good sign in the fact that the earth is becoming more and more deserted.
However, there are issues that need to be considered. Circular tree planting has become popular in Saudi Arabia over the past three decades. Engineers dug deep into the 20.000-year-old underground aquifer to collect irrigation water. It is estimated that if the current rate of water use continues, the water source will be exhausted within the next 50 years.
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Antarctic Desert
You might think that the Sahara is the largest desert in the world. But that’s not really the case Antarctic new is desert the world’s largest. Why? Simply because according to the criteria for evaluating the desert as a place that receives little rainfall, the Antarctic has already met the standard. Antarctica has very little rainfall, only about 50mm a year, but it is in the form of snow. There is very little snowfall but it is still frozen every year because the temperature here is very low at about minus 45 degrees Celsius and there is usually no sun for many months of the year.
Area of Antarctic Desert is 14 million square kilometers. Because it is a cold desert, it is almost uninhabited, only a few scientists come here to participate in research. Antarctica has very few animals, most notably penguins.
Due to climate change and global warming, parts of Antarctica are showing signs of warming. Temperatures over the past 50 years in Antarctica have increased 2,5 times – 5 times higher than the rest of the earth.
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Syrian Desert
Syrian Desert is a hot desert located in western Asia with an area of 520.000 square kilometers. This place is truly a dead land when described as desolate and barren. Syrian Desert Covering much of Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria, it is “marked” by lava – an insurmountable barrier for humans until the last decade. The average annual rainfall in this area is about 125mm.
Since ancient times, people have set foot in Syrian desert. Several modern discoveries have confirmed that. The archaeological site known as “Syria’s Stonehenge” was discovered in 2009. A 2012 report by Discovery said it contained numerous stone circles and tomb sites.
Syrian Desert whose ecosystems are under threat from drought, grazing, hunting and other human activities, so some native plant and animal species have disappeared. It is also known to be a hot spot for political issues with battles fought by Muslim extremists.
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