Semi-arid Deserts
13 deserts.
Kalahari Desert
Not a true desert - receives 250-500 mm of rain but the sand drains instantly. Home to the...
Bardenas Reales
A semi-desert in Navarre, Spain. Moon-like badlands. Used as a bombing range by NATO. Feat...
Tabernas Desert
The only true desert in mainland Europe. The spaghetti westerns were filmed here including...
Monegros
A semi-arid area in Aragon, Spain. Salt lakes attract flamingos. The Monegros Desert Festi...
Registan Desert
A sandy desert in southern Afghanistan. The name means land of sand. Mostly uninhabited. F...
Judaean Desert
The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in caves here. The Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth at ...
Colorado Plateau
Not technically a desert but a semi-arid region containing the Grand Canyon, Monument Vall...
Sahara South
The transition zone between the Sahara and tropical Africa. 12 hectares lost to desertific...
Pedirka Desert
A small desert south of the Simpson. The pedirka means rock in Arabana language. Mulga woo...
Tirari Desert
One of Australias smallest deserts. Salt lakes and sand dunes. The Lake Eyre basin include...
Karoo
Means dry place in Khoikhoi. Divided into Great Karoo and Little Karoo. Rich in fossils - ...
Madagascar spiny desert
A unique spiny forest ecosystem. 95% of plant species are endemic. Baobab trees dot the la...
Tatacoa Desert
The second largest arid zone in Colombia after La Guajira, technically a tropical dry fore...