Kopet Dag semi-desert

Kopet Dag semi-desert

Kopet Dag semi-desert
The Kopet Dag semi-desert spans the border country between southwestern Turkmenistan and northeastern Iran, occupying the transition zone where the lowland deserts give way to the foothills of the Kopet Dag Mountains. Its vegetation is dominated by sagebrushes and white wormwood, with bulbous bluegrass and desert sedge mixed among many other plants of the Artemisia and Seriphidium genera, though much of the terrain is sparsely vegetated clay and loess desert dotted with takyrs, smooth pans of hard, cracked clay. The climate is cold semi-arid (Köppen BSk), with at least one winter month averaging below freezing and precipitation reaching only about 200 mm per year. Its flagship animal is the Turkmenian ratel, an endangered honey badger subspecies endemic to Turkmenistan, and the plains also shelter striped hyena, caracal, Pallas's cat, and reintroduced kulan, a subspecies of Asiatic wild ass. Conservation coverage is minimal, with only a small portion of Iran's Golestan National Park reaching into the ecoregion.
RESOLVE 829
Palearctic
10,140 sq mi
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Tipo de paisagem
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Região vegetal
Palearctic
Pegada da região
10,140 sq mi
Pressão sobre o habitat
Nature Could Reach Half Protected (Dinerstein NNH 2)
Use isto como o padrão geral de plantio para a região: Arid and semi-arid lands where low, erratic rainfall and high evaporation limit vegetation to drought-adapted shrubs, succulents, and sparse grasses. Day-to-night temperature swings are large, and life is finely tuned to water scarcity. Para decisões de jardim, combine esse contexto com a lista de plantas abaixo e depois refine pelas restrições de luz, água, solo e tamanho adulto do seu local.

Range & origins

Kopet Dag semi-desert location on world map
Marker placed inside the RESOLVE 2017 polygon at 38.1°N, 54.7°E.
A região ao longo do tempo
Pegada moderna
RESOLVE 2017 mapeia 10,140 sq mi
Este limite é uma pegada ecológica moderna de Kopet Dag semi-desert, não uma linha permanente no planeta. É útil para o contexto atual de plantas e fauna porque segue padrões recorrentes de vegetação, clima, relevo e perturbações.
Por que aqui
Condições de deserts & xeric shrublands
A região fica no reino Palearctic e é classificada como deserts & xeric shrublands. Altitude, umidade, fogo, solos, costas e o uso humano da terra podem tornar a paisagem real mais variada do que uma única cor no mapa sugere.
Pressão de mudança
Nature Could Reach Half Protected
O Plotwright mostra isto como a pegada RESOLVE atual. Ao longo de décadas a séculos, o aquecimento, as perturbações, as espécies invasoras, o uso da terra e a restauração podem mover a borda viva de uma região mesmo quando o mapa de referência permanece fixo.

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RESOLVE 807 - Palearctic
Afghan Mountains semi-desert
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Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Zones 6a-10b
+5.9°F by 2070
5,282 sq mi
NNH tier 4
RESOLVE 808 - Palearctic
Alashan Plateau semi-desert
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Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Zones 6a-8a
+5.5°F by 2070
260,084 sq mi
NNH tier 2
RESOLVE 809 - Palearctic
Arabian desert
The Arabian Desert is a vast, disjointed Palearctic ecoregion that occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula and reaches across Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, southwestern Iran, Egypt's Sinai, and Israel's Negev. Sandy and gravel plains, elevated plateaus, and seasonal valleys called wadis dominate the terrain, supporting sparse, drought-adapted vegetation in which Acacia trees, Tamarix shrubs, and saltbushes such as Cornulaca and Salsola are characteristic, with Calligonum on dune slopes and Prosopis cineraria along desert margins. The climate is hot and arid, with very low and variable rainfall and extreme summer heat. Despite limited overall biodiversity, the region shelters specially adapted wildlife including the Arabian oryx, sand gazelles, and the Asian houbara bustard, its flagship species, but it remains poorly protected and is degraded by overgrazing, poaching, and off-road vehicle damage. For gardeners, the hardy native Acacia and Prosopis trees illustrate the drought-tolerant genera suited to hot, dry conditions.
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Zones 9a-13b
+4.4°F by 2070
316,178 sq mi
NNH tier 2
RESOLVE 810 - Palearctic
Arabian sand desert
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Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Zones 10b-13b
+4.5°F by 2070
276,595 sq mi
NNH tier 2
RESOLVE 811 - Palearctic
Arabian-Persian Gulf coastal plain desert
The Arabian-Persian Gulf Coastal Plain Desert traces the eastern seaboard of the Arabian Peninsula along the Arabian-Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, taking in coastal stretches of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman while encompassing the entire land area of Qatar and Bahrain. It is a mosaic of low coastal habitats: rocky shores, intertidal mudflats, salt marshes known as sabkha, gravel hammada, sand dunes, and pockets of Avicennia mangrove, where vegetation is dominated by salt-tolerant halophytes and sparse desert shrubs and grasses such as Haloxylon salicornicum, Rhanterium, and the sedge Cyperus conglomeratus. The climate is hot and intensely arid, with annual rainfall below roughly 100 millimeters across most of the region. These shores form a haven for wildlife, hosting the world's largest breeding population of the Socotra cormorant alongside sand gazelle, wintering shorebirds, and sandy beaches that serve as nesting sites for several threatened sea turtle species. Only about four percent of the ecoregion is protected, and coastal development, overgrazing, and overfishing remain the principal threats.
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Zones 10b-13b
+4.4°F by 2070
47,024 sq mi
NNH tier 2
RESOLVE 812 - Palearctic
Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe
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Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Zones 8a-11b
+4.9°F by 2070
24,714 sq mi
NNH tier 4

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