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