Hot Arid and Semi-Arid Environments

Deserts are distributed throughout the land surface and make up 33% of the total land area.

The map indicates the most famous deserts in each continent/region,

• North America - the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahua Desert

• South America - the Atacama Desert

• Africa - the Sahara, Kalahari and Namib Desert

• Western Asia - the Negev, Lut and the Arabian Peninsula Deserts

• East Asia - the Thar Desert , Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts

• Australia - the Great Sandy and Gibson Deserts

This map classifies the deserts based on the global Aridity index (AI), The map shows the hyper-arid zones in bright yellow, semi-arid zones in orange, and arid zones in brown.