Biome

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

Le biome Deserts & Xeric Shrublands regroupe 102 écorégions dans le catalogue mondial de Plotwright. Terres arides et semi-arides où de faibles précipitations erratiques et une forte évaporation limitent la végétation à des arbustes, des plantes succulentes et des graminées éparses adaptés à la sécheresse. Les écarts de température entre le jour et la nuit sont importants, et la vie est finement accordée à la rareté de l’eau.

Afghan Mountains semi-desert Alashan Plateau semi-desert Aldabra Island xeric scrub Arabian desert Arabian sand desert Arabian-Persian Gulf coastal plain desert Aravalli west thorn scrub forests Araya and Paria xeric scrub Atacama desert Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe Badghyz and Karabil semi-desert Baja California desert Baluchistan xeric woodlands Caribbean shrublands Carnarvon xeric shrublands Caspian lowland desert Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands Central Asian northern desert Central Asian riparian woodlands Central Asian southern desert Central Mexican matorral Central Persian desert basins Central Ranges xeric scrub Chihuahuan desert Colorado Plateau shrublands Cuban cactus scrub Deccan thorn scrub forests Djibouti xeric shrublands East Arabian fog shrublands and sand desert East Sahara Desert East Saharan montane xeric woodlands Eastern Gobi desert steppe Eritrean coastal desert Galápagos Islands xeric scrub Gariep Karoo Gibson desert Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe Godavari-Krishna mangroves Great Basin shrub steppe Great Lakes Basin desert steppe Great Sandy-Tanami desert Great Victoria desert Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub Gulf of California xeric scrub Hobyo grasslands and shrublands Ile Europa and Bassas da India xeric scrub Indus Valley desert Junggar Basin semi-desert Kalahari xeric savanna Kaokoveld desert Kazakh semi-desert Kopet Dag semi-desert La Costa xeric shrublands Madagascar spiny thickets Madagascar succulent woodlands Malpelo Island xeric scrub Meseta Central matorral Mesopotamian shrub desert Mojave desert Motagua Valley thornscrub Nama Karoo shrublands Namaqualand-Richtersveld steppe Namib Desert Namibian savanna woodlands North Arabian desert North Arabian highland shrublands North Saharan Xeric Steppe and Woodland Nullarbor Plains xeric shrublands Paraguaná xeric scrub Paropamisus xeric woodlands Pilbara shrublands Qaidam Basin semi-desert Red Sea coastal desert Red Sea-Arabian Desert shrublands Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert Saharan Atlantic coastal desert San Lucan xeric scrub Sechura desert Simpson desert Snake-Columbia shrub steppe Socotra Island xeric shrublands Somali montane xeric woodlands Sonoran desert South Arabian plains and plateau desert South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert South Sahara desert Southwest Arabian coastal xeric shrublands Southwest Arabian Escarpment shrublands and woodlands Southwest Arabian highland xeric scrub St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks Succulent Karoo xeric shrublands Taklimakan desert Tamaulipan matorral Tamaulipan mezquital Tehuacán Valley matorral Thar desert Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands Tirari-Sturt stony desert West Sahara desert West Saharan montane xeric woodlands Western Australian Mulga shrublands Wyoming Basin shrub steppe