It’s Getting Hot in here: The Tropical Desert Sara Gerdy

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It’s Getting Hot in here: The Tropical Desert Sara Gerdy

Climate: Among the driest places on earth Climate: Among the driest places on earth. Highest daytime temperature of any climate. sporadic rainfall, sometimes not even measurable. Mean average temperature of 18°C Found at mid latitudes, around 27°-40° N

Climatogram

World Distribution Tropic of Cancer Equator Tropic of Capricorn

Plants African Peyote Cactus (Lophophorawillamsii) Eragrostis (Eragrostistrichodes) Date Palm (Phoenixsdactylifera) Olive Tree (Oleaeuropaea) Doum Palm (Hyphaenethebaica)

Animals - Mammals Addax Antelope (Addax nasmaculatus) Dromedary Camel (Camelusdromedarius) Dorcas Gazelle (GazellaDorcas)

Animals - Birds Green Sandpiper (Tringaochropus) European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedulahypoleuca) Ostrich (struthiocamelus)

Animals - other Sand Viper (CerastesVipera) Deathstalker scorpion (Leiurusquinqusetriatus) Spotted Hyena (CrocutaCrocuta) Monitor Lizard (Varanusalbigularia)

FoodWeb

Citations http://shanesthoughts.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/sahara.jpg http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/desert.htm http://www.buzzle.com/articles/sahara-desert-plants.html http://www.buzzle.com/articles/sahara-desert-animals.html

Citations http://inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/terres/desert/animals.htm http://www.topnews.in/files/Ostrich-Eggs.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Western_Sahara#Sandpipers_and_allies