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

2. 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

3. Climatogram

4. World Distribution
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn

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

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

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

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

9. FoodWeb

10. Citations http://shanesthoughts.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/sahara.jpg

11. Citations http://inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/terres/desert/animals.htm