Different deserts

The deserts in China contain more soil, mostly inland deserts with higher altitude.

American deserts are characterized by salty deserts and cactus vegetation.

The desert in northern Africa has a lot of oil and other resources, and the desert is abundant and "pure".

Compared with other places, the Australian desert has more precipitation and contains more elements such as iron.

The world's dry desert:

1. Snow-covered Desert: Taklimakan Desert

Taklimakan Desert is one of the members of large desert clubs in the world. In terms of area, it ranks 15 among many non-polar deserts. It is located in Tarim Basin, with a desert area of 270,000 square kilometers. There are branches of the Silk Road on the northern and southern edges of the Taklimakan Desert.

In 2008, this "best desert in China" experienced the largest snowfall and the lowest temperature in history, with snowfall reaching 1 1 day. The whole desert is covered with snow and ice, and it is very rare for such a large-scale snowfall in the desert.

2. Have a blue lagoon desert: Quez-Marachses, Basila.

Brazil has the largest tropical rain forest in the world, storing 30% of the world's fresh water resources. It is unbelievable that we can find the desert in such a country. Lakeis-Maraheses National Park is located in Maronghong State in northern Brazil, covering an area of 300 square kilometers. The park is full of snow-white sand dunes and deep blue lakes, which is a must in the world.

3. The largest salt desert in the world: uyuni Salt Field.

Salt can be regarded as an iconic landscape of Bolivia. Located on the plateau, the desert is vast and almost flat, blending with the sky. There are several lakes in the desert. Due to various minerals, the lake presents a strange color.

40,000 years ago, this area was once a part of the prehistoric giant lake, the Ming and Qing Lakes. After that, the lake dried up, leaving two large salt lakes: Popo Lake and Wu Lu Lu Lake, and two large salt deserts, namely uyuni Salt Plain and Koypasa Salt Plain, of which the former is larger. In terms of area, uyuni Salt is 25 times larger than Bonaville Salt Flat in the United States. It is estimated that the salt content here is 654.38+000 billion tons. At present, the annual production is less than 25,000 tons.

4. Egypt's "white desert"

When you travel to Farfalla Oasis, you must not miss the "White Desert". The desert is located 45 kilometers north of Farah Farah. The sand here is as white as frost, which is in sharp contrast with the surrounding yellow desert.

5. Desert with blooming flowers: Atagama Desert in Chile.

The Atacama Desert is located in the north of the 29 ~ (th) latitude, occupying most of Chile's territory. This desert is located in the west of the Andes and stretches along the Pacific coast of the South American continent. However, in the tropic of Capricorn near Antofagasta, sea fog brought a lot of water, which provided the necessary conditions for the growth of plants in the desert. Thanks to sea fog and the ability to "store water", many plants can survive. In dry years, growth will be delayed in order to survive and reproduce.

6. Namibe Desert in Namibia: A desert with elephants.

The Namib Desert is located in southern Africa. It is not as big as the Sahara desert in the north, but it is more impressive.

Fossilized ancient trees stand in the Death Valley of Namibe Desert, with red sand dunes behind them. Namibian is named after namib desert. The Namibe Desert is located on the west coast of South Africa, and is called the Skeleton Coast. This desolate coastline is full of wrecked ships. Namibe Desert is considered as the oldest desert in the world. It also has the highest sand dunes in the world, some of which are as high as 300 meters. These dunes surround Sossusvlei.

7. Simpson Desert, Australia: Red Desert

Simpson Desert in Australia is famous for its bright red color. Here, due to the long-term weathering of iron substances, sand and stones are wrapped in a coat of iron oxide, so the endless desert becomes a sea of fire, which looks magnificent and unusual under the irradiation of sunlight.

8. Egyptian black desert: black stones in the desert

The Black Desert in Egypt is located in the northeast of Farah Frabai Desert 100 km. Its area is a mountain range formed by volcanic eruption, and there are small black stones everywhere. However, the colors of these stones are not as black as people think, but brown and orange.

Antarctica: the driest and wettest "desert" in the world.

Antarctica has the most extreme climate in the world. For a long time, this continent was uninhabited because it was too cold. 1983, scientists recorded the extreme low temperature there: MINUS 129 degrees Fahrenheit (about MINUS 89 degrees Celsius). Antarctica is the driest and wettest place in the world. It is said that it is humid not because of its heavy rainfall, but because 98% of its area is covered with ice and snow. The annual rainfall in Antarctica is less than 5 cm, so it can also be called "desert".

10, the largest desert in the world: Sahara desert.

The Sahara Desert, with an area of 8.6 million square kilometers, is the largest desert in the world, occupying most of North Africa. About 4 million people live here. Most of the Sahara includes Western Sahara, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Mali and Mauritania.