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Atacama Desert

• Location: Northwest Chile • Landscape: Dry, Mountains, sandy, rocky,

some valleys • Human impact: This desert has a hand

sculpture (finished in 1992) which COULD lead to destrohind ecosystems

Patagoian Desert

• Location: Argentina and a little in Chile• Landscape: 7months winter 5months summer,

rocky, valleys, cliffs, streams, sandy• Human Influence: Some humans have lived

here mostly to herd goats and sheep. Also for oil, gas, and coal. About 5% of Argentina's population takes over 28% of the territory of the desert.

Kalahari Desert

• Location: Southern Africa • Landscapes: Sandy, rains ( frequently in winter

and little in summer ) Total= 100-200 mm. per year

• Human Influence: Tourism can often get in the way of daily routines and animal ecosystems. In the end it only has minimal impact.

Aribian Desert

• Location: Egypt and Iraq• Landscapes: sand dunes, some cliffs• Human Impact: Humans haven't really

affected this desert. Although the demand for more shopping malls around it could end up affecting the desert.

Taklamakan- Gobi Desert

• Location: Middle of Russia • Landscapes: high mountain ranges, sandy

( partly ), mostly lowlands ( besides the mountains )

• Human Influence: This area is usable for farmland. It is still affected from the Asian monsoon.

Thar Desert

• Location: Northwest India• Landscapes: grass spots, few trees, sandy, hilly,

some parts have bunches of plants • Human Influence: Humans have not really

affected this desert in any way.

Chihuahuan Desert

• Location: Southwestern U.S • Landscapes: some plants, rugged ground,

some hills, flat other than the few hills, very little rain fall

• Human Influence: Jas many human activities, tjis could potentially affect the ecosystems in the desert.

Sonoran Desert

• Location: Northwest Mexico and southwest U.S

• Landscapes: very full of plants, hills, boulders, and sand/rock mixed ground.

• Human Influence: There were native tribes in the pre-colonial times who lived in and around this desert. It has destroyed the desert with over harvested plants

Tanami Desert

• Location: Northern Australia • Landscapes: very little plant life, sandy, muddy

( in some areas ), hilly ( UP AND DOWN)• Human Influences: It ahs been unfavorable to

humans living in these areas. But the human activities can still bring harm to the ecosystem's.

Sahara Desert

• Location: Sudan and Libya • Landscapes: somewhat flat, has some dents in

the ground, rivers, some plant life• Human Impact: humans have been living in

these areas for a long time. They hunt the animals which is bad for the ecosystem.

Pictures

Key to Picture above

• LIGHT PINK are the DESERTS

Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobi_Deserthttps://prezi.com/sgs5vmqlhody/the-arabian-desert/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonian_Deserthttp://www.questconnect.org/pat_patagonia.htmhttp://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/desert-profile/http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9k.html