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Red sand dune with scattered dry grasses and small shrubs in the Simpson Desert, central Australia.

distribution of hot and temperate deserts

Ancient welwitschia

desert pavement

Cluster of round ball cacti (Parodia magnifica) with ribbed green bodies, yellow spines, and several yellow flowers blooming on top, growing in a desert garden.

Tour the butte escarpments and vegetative landscape of Arizona desert terrain

Understand the concept of Hadley cells in explaining tropical rain forests and deserts

How does desert dust from the Sahara affect global climate?

Behold Saguaro National Park plant life. such as the saguaro cactus, unique to the Sonoran Desert

Study how desert plants adapt and survive harsh conditions and how cacti provide sustenance for desert animals

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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

Ecosystems

Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

Ecosystems

Arabian Camel (Camelus dromedarius) in the Sahara Desert sand dunes. (pack animal; sand; Morocco; Africa; African desert; mammal; dromedary; drought)

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