Afro-Eurasian desert belt
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The Afro-Eurasian desert belt is a vast, continuous arid zone stretching across North Africa, the Middle East, and Central to East Asia, encompassing many of the world’s largest hot and cold deserts.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arid zone
→
desert region → geographical region → |
| approximateLatitudeBand |
mid-latitudes
→
subtropical belt → |
| borderedBy |
Mediterranean climate zones to the north in some regions
→
savanna and steppe regions to the south in some regions → |
| climate |
arid climate
→
semi-arid climate → |
| contains |
Arabian Desert
→
Dasht-e Kavir → Dasht-e Lut → Gobi Desert → Kalahari transition zone → Karakum Desert → Kyzylkum Desert → Libyan Desert → Negev Desert → Nubian Desert → Sahara Desert → Syrian Desert → Taklamakan Desert → Thar Desert → |
| continent |
Africa
→
Asia → |
| ecoregionType |
desert and xeric shrublands
→
|
| extendsAcross |
Central Asia
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East Asia → Middle East → North Africa → |
| hasCharacteristic |
forms a nearly continuous band of aridity
→
high evapotranspiration → includes both hot and cold deserts → low annual precipitation → sparse vegetation → |
| influences |
Silk Road routes
→
pastoral nomadism → trans-Saharan trade routes → |
| locatedIn |
Northern Hemisphere
→
|
| majorCause |
continentality
→
rain shadow effects → subtropical high-pressure systems → |
| notableFor |
dust and sand storm activity
→
large temperature ranges between day and night in many areas → long history of human adaptation to arid environments → |
| partOf |
Afro-Eurasia
→
|
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Arabian Desert
→
|
partOf |