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The ecoregion supports, or supported, populations of several important
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The ecoregion covers 82,200 square kilometers (31,700 sq mi) in the volcanic
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on the border of Egypt, Libya, and Sudan. The climate is
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356:is critically endangered. Other species include
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523:"Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands"
686:South Iran Nubo–Sindian desert and semi-desert
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33:Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
18:Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
260:. This supports woodlands and shrublands of
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331:Equisetum ramosissimum
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874:Flora of North Africa
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319:Scirpus holoschoenus
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859:Ecoregions of Libya
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468:Tribulus terrestris
354:Addax nasomaculatus
267:Phoenix dactylifera
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153:Conservation status
899:Geography of Sudan
894:Geography of Libya
889:Geography of Egypt
849:Ecoregions of Chad
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818:Categories
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590:Palearctic
529:2016-11-27
488:References
425:fennec fox
389:rock hyrax
75:Palearctic
778:Dzungaria
396:Cape hare
262:date palm
193:ecoregion
162:Protected
116:Countries
103:Geography
481:Tribulus
477:Schouwia
462:Schouwia
418:pale fox
284:oleander
455:Locusts
403:gerbils
379:cheetah
296:endemic
292:tamarix
272:acacias
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219:Setting
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64:Ecology
824:Sahara
603:Africa
258:Sahara
197:Sahara
407:jirds
351:addax
338:Fauna
213:Sudan
209:Libya
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