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which is vulnerable. In 2000 Barbary sheep and dama gazelle were recorded in the Jebel
Uweinat portion of the ecoregion.
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The ecoregion supports, or supported, populations of several important
Saharan large mammals. One, the
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The ecoregion covers 82,200 square kilometers (31,700 sq mi) in the volcanic
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in the wadis of this region, have an important role in the life cycle of the
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on the border of Egypt, Libya, and Sudan. The climate is
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is now believed to be extinct in the wild, while the
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Red Sea Nubo–Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert
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345:is critically endangered. Other species include
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512:"Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands"
675:South Iran Nubo–Sindian desert and semi-desert
624:Tibesti–Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
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542:Tibesti–Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
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22:Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
249:. This supports woodlands and shrublands of
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376:Smaller mammals are abundant, including
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665:Persian Gulf desert and semi-desert
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782:Great Lakes Basin desert steppe
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696:Badghyz and Karabil semi-desert
241:tree occurs in this ecoregion.
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655:Central Persian desert basins
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833:Deserts and xeric shrublands
691:Afghan Mountains semi-desert
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76:deserts and xeric shrublands
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762:Alashan Plateau semi-desert
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701:Baluchistan xeric woodlands
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772:Eastern Gobi desert steppe
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16:Desert ecoregion in Africa
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146:Relatively stable/intact
599:Atlantic coastal desert
706:Caspian lowland desert
609:Red Sea coastal desert
320:Equisetum ramosissimum
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893:Palearctic ecoregions
863:Flora of North Africa
736:Kopet Dag semi-desert
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333:scimitar-horned oryx
314:Phragmites australis
308:Scirpus holoschoenus
868:Afromontane forests
853:Ecoregions of Sudan
848:Ecoregions of Libya
843:Ecoregions of Egypt
457:Tribulus terrestris
343:Addax nasomaculatus
256:Phoenix dactylifera
200:, and northwestern
142:Conservation status
888:Geography of Sudan
883:Geography of Libya
878:Geography of Egypt
838:Ecoregions of Chad
731:Kazakh semi-desert
302:Typha dominguensis
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873:Geography of Chad
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226:subtropical
196:, southern
807:Categories
585:ecoregions
579:Palearctic
518:2016-11-27
477:References
414:fennec fox
378:rock hyrax
64:Palearctic
767:Dzungaria
385:Cape hare
251:date palm
182:ecoregion
151:Protected
105:Countries
92:Geography
470:Tribulus
466:Schouwia
451:Schouwia
407:pale fox
273:oleander
444:Locusts
392:gerbils
368:cheetah
285:endemic
281:tamarix
261:acacias
238:Tamarix
208:Setting
82:Borders
53:Ecology
813:Sahara
592:Africa
247:Sahara
186:Sahara
396:jirds
340:addax
327:Fauna
202:Sudan
198:Libya
194:Egypt
177:is a
127:Sudan
122:Libya
117:Egypt
71:Biome
59:Realm
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