Tabernas Desert

Names of animals Ocellated Lizard A ladder snake Bonelli's Eagle

Names of plants remarkable parasitic plant, Agave plant Soil, Collecting, Desert Plant,

Soil, Collecting, Desert Plant,

Agave plant

remarkable parasitic plant

Ocellated Lizard

A ladder snake

Bonelli's Eagle

Desierto de Tabernas) is one of the only true semi-deserts in Europe (there are no true absolute deserts in Europe), located within Spain's southeastern province of Almería, where annual rainfall may in some little areas be below 200 mm a year. It is located about 30 kilometers (19 mi) north of the provincial capital, Almería, in the Tabernas municipality. The little rainfall that occurs is usually torrential, so that the ground, consisting of marls and sandstone with little vegetation, is unable to retain moisture. Instead, the rain causes erosion, forming the characteristic landscape of badlands. Arroyos formed by torrential rain harbor the scarce vegetation and fauna such as Swifts, Hedgehogs, Jackdaws, Pin-tailed Sandgrouses, Blue Rock Thrushes, Stone Curlews, Trumpeter Finches, and Crested Larks.

In the lowest areas of the Tabernas basin (about 400 meters above sea level), the average annual temperature is of about 17,9 °C ([1] (Soil– geomorphology relations in gypsiferous materials of the Tabernas Desert (Almerıa, SE Spain), page 4/30). Temperatures in winter rarely drop below freezing at night while during the summer, absolute maximum temperatures always surpass 40 °C (104 °F) in the shade. The annual average precipitation is slightly over 20 cm (see same source pages 1 & 4/30) with only 1/3 falling in the hot season (May to October). The average annual sunshine is about 3000 hours.

These characteristics are also aggravated by the foehn effect These characteristics are also aggravated by the foehn effect. Above about 800–900 meters the precipitation increases, thus reducing the dry summer season, while the temperature drops. At these altitudes, the Tabernas basin climate is not any more semi-arid but either Mediterranean or, at the highest points, even cold temperate, experiencing several frozen winter months.

I think the Tabernas Desert is hot and interesting if I can get a chans to go I would I would love to see the animals and what they do The little rainfall that occurs is usually torrential, so that

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