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When moisture-laden air hits a mountain range, it is forced to rise. The air then cools and forms clouds that drop moisture on the windward ( wind-facing) slopes. When the air moves over the mountaintop and begins to descend the leeward slopes, there is little moisture left. The descending air warms up, making it difficult for clouds to form. Borrell, Brendan (19 August 2009). "Endangered in South Africa: Those Doggone Conservationists". Slate. Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Bochow, Nils; Boers, Niklas (October 6, 2023). "The South American monsoon approaches a critical transition in response to deforestation". Science Advances. 9 (40): eadd9973. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add9973. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 10550231. PMID 37792950. The Atlantic coastal desert is a narrow strip along the Atlantic coast where fog generated offshore by the cool Canary Current provides sufficient moisture to sustain a variety of lichens, succulents, and shrubs. It covers an area of 39,900 square kilometers (15,400sqmi) in the south of Morocco and Mauritania. [44]

Desertification is an increasing problem. Every year, about 6 million square kilometers (2.3 million square miles) of land become useless for cultivation due to desertification. The Sahara Desert crept 100 kilometers (39 miles) south between 1950 and 1975. South Africa is losing 300-400 million metric tons (330-441 short tons) of topsoil each year. Lewinsohn, Thomas M.; Paulo Inácio Prado (June 2005). "How Many Species Are There in Brazil?". Conservation Biology. 19 (3): 619–624. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00680.x. S2CID 84691981.a b c Mori, F. (1998). The Great Civilisations of the ancient Sahara: Neolithisation and the earliest evidence of anthropomorphic religions. Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider. ISBN 88-7062-971-6. Further information: History of Western Sahara Azalai salt caravan. The French reported that the 1906 caravan numbered 20,000 camels.

The idea that changes in insolation (solar heating) caused by long-term changes in Earth's orbit are a controlling factor for the long-term variations in the strength of monsoon patterns across the globe was first suggested by Rudolf Spitaler in the late nineteenth century, [31] The hypothesis was later formally proposed and tested by the meteorologist John Kutzbach in 1981. [32] Kutzbach's ideas about the impacts of insolation on global monsoonal patterns have become widely accepted today as the underlying driver of long-term monsoonal cycles. Kutzbach never formally named his hypothesis and as such it is referred to here as the " Orbital Monsoon Hypothesis" as suggested by Ruddiman in 2001. [31] Sahel region of Mali History of Nubia". Anth.ucsb.edu. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010 . Retrieved 12 June 2010. The Thar Desert, often called an 'ocean of sand', covers a large area of western Rajasthan. The fragile ecosystem of the Thar supports unique and varied wildlife. In this vast ocean of sands lies the famous Desert National Park, which provides an excellent example of the ecosystem of the Thar Desert and its diverse wildlife adventure. Hot, moist air rises into the atmosphere near the Equator. As the air rises, it cools and drops its moisture as heavy tropical rains. The resulting cooler, drier air mass moves away from the Equator. As it approaches the tropics, the air descends and warms up again. The descending air hinders the formation of clouds, so very little rain falls on the land below.

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INPE: Estimativas Anuais desde 1988 até 2009". inpe.br. Archived from the original on November 30, 2010 . Retrieved November 3, 2010. The second seed is for the latest Minecraft 1.20 Trails and Tales update. So, to make this seed work, you’ll need to load the latest snapshot of Minecraft (including some beta features). To the south, the Sahara is bounded by the Sahel, a belt of dry tropical savanna with a summer rainy season that extends across Africa from east to west. The southern limit of the Sahara is indicated botanically by the southern limit of Cornulaca monacantha (a drought-tolerant member of the Chenopodiaceae), or northern limit of Cenchrus biflorus, a grass typical of the Sahel. [14] [15] According to climatic criteria, the southern limit of the Sahara corresponds to the 150mm (5.9in) isohyet of annual precipitation (this is a long-term average, since precipitation varies annually). [16] The Chinkara or Indian Gazelle (Gazella bennettii) is a common antelope of this region. The national park's other notable inhabitants are the desert fox, wolf and desert cat. Birdlife in this sandy habitat is vivid and spectacular. Birds such as sandgrouse, partridges, bee-eaters, larks, and shrikes are commonly seen. In the winter, the birdlife is augmented by species such as the demoiselle crane and MacQueen's bustard.