The Desert Biome - Biomes #4
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- The Desert Biome. ☀️ In this biogeography video we look at the world's deserts, explain why they are that way, and what types of vegetation we can find there. One of the most extreme biomes on our world, from the Sahara to the Sonora, the Gibson to the Gobi, these are the deserts of planet Earth. 🌵
🕐TIMESTAMPS🕖
👉0:00 Opening Montage
👉0:57 Introduction and Titles
👉1:50 Causes and Description
👉2:50 Classification, Relation to Climate Zones
👉4:04 Holdridge Lifezones Chart
👉4:47 Rock, Sand and Salt
👉6:23 Plant Adaptations
👉8:02 Deserts of the Americas
👉8:50 African Deserts
👉9:26 Deserts of the Middle East and SW Asia
👉9:45 Deserts of Central Asia
👉10:17 Australian Deserts
👉10:31 Desert Plant Species
👉13:24 Desert Fauna, Wildlife
👉13:45 Deserts in World Culture
👉14:14 Outro
This is what the bare earth looks like, the bones of our planet revealed as the skin of vegetation is peeled back. A product of endless sunshine and drought, life yet still finds a way here, for plants to survive in these regions have gotten smart, think cacti and succulents that last through the long droughts by holding vast sums of water in their fleshy bodies, with the Saguaro Cactus of the Sonoran Desert being the biggest of all. 🌵Or there's the strange Welwitschia of the Namib, or the iconic Joshua Tree of California. The oldest of all trees can also be found in the desert mountains of that state - the Bristlecone Pine Tree.
☀️ Deserts occur over extensive parts of the continental surface of the earth, present on every continent, and are in fact the largest biome in terms of land area. They are basically subdivided into four forms, hot and cold, arid and semi-arid. The former determined by whether winter temperatures fall below freezing, the latter determined by whether there is a substantial covering of vegetation or not.
🏜 Specific deserts on our planet are among the world's most famous natural geographic entities. The Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert of North America. The Atacama Desert of Northern Chile - the driest in the world. The bleak semi-desert of Patagonia in Southern Argentina. The Namib Desert and Kalahari Desert of Namibia. The Sahara Desert of North Africa - the largest in the world. The various deserts of the Middle-East - the Negev, Wadi Rum, the Empty Quarter to name but three. The many deserts of Iran and Pakistan such as the Baluchi. The Thar Desert of Western India. The Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan. The Taklamakan Desert of North-West China - among the most forbidding of all deserts due to its extreme aridity and freezing winter temperatures. The vast cold Gobi Desert of Mongolia. And lastly, the deserts of Australia, such as the Great Sandy Desert and the Simpson Desert, with Uluru, or Ayres Rock, at the heart of that dry continent.
🌃 Despite the aridity, humans have learned to survive here, with large cities existing in the heat and dry. Las Vegas, Phoenix and San Antonio in the USA, Monterrey in Mexico, Lima in Peru, Cairo in Egypt, Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Baghdad in Iraq, Tehran in Iran, Karachi in Pakistan, Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia.
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FURTHER READING:
LONS08 - A new world natural vegetation map for global change studies - www.scielo.br/pdf/aabc/v80n2/a...
Holdridge Life Zones - www.researchgate.net/figure/H...
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Hi Everyone! I hope you enjoyed this video. Please let me know of your experiences in the deserts, whether this was through travel or if you live in one!
had to move my sis from Cali to Texas ..
lots of desert 🐫 🌵
I’ve went into some of these places and stayed around for some days camping out
it’s a peaceful reflective type thing
just hike over hundreds of miles on the Arizona Trail... wow, what diversity. Amazed by the resilience and evolution of these strange plants/shrubs etc... AND love the Saguaro's! and all the "unnoticed little life" you see everday in the desert. What a beautiful biome
The music in the intro was especially beautiful in this one! I am a new subscriber and admirer of your work. All my life I thought geography was boring and dry, but when I recently found myself needing to study it, and came across your channel, I was awestruck. Thank you so very much for revealing the beauty and vitality of the subject. You’ve made a huge difference to me, and I can’t wait for your channel to reach and bring joy to millions of people!
Hi Richa K!!! Thanks so much for your kind words! To hear that people are enjoying this content is so important, so we really appreciate this kind of comments, so thanks a lot and welcome to Geodiode! There is much more coming soon! Glad you join us!
What's the track name? Where did you get the music from?
There's just something about deserts that attract be to them.
I keep coming back to these videos. I rewatch every few months to brush up. Would love an episode on freshwater like rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, and vernal pools!
Thank you, and glad you're enjoying the revisits.
Another episode another experience. Amazes me everytime!
Super cool video! I remember going to Arizona, and it being super different from my Continental home. The air was so dry, and it was weird not having humidity, and it only appeared right before monsoon rains, which lasted minutes and were intense (the region we were in is BSk). All the plants were small and needly, and most people had rock lawns which was interesting. And there were no wood trees, which was super crazy because my house is right next to a deciduous forest so that was a whole biome change
GeoDiode it is! And yeah we do get very weird about our lawns for some reason.
Deserts are such amazing places, they seem to be so lifeless, yet they're so full of life. I'm glad to have found your channel! 👍👍
Welcome aboard!
You are the best channel on the topic of biomes, love your work. Keep it up👍
Wow, thank you very much!
👏👏👏 Excellent presentation of the desert biome, one of the most unique and easy to recognize for its aridity characteristics. Mysterious and inhospitable places, but that have a unique beauty. Awesome work!!!!
@@Geodiode I'm so glad to help you! I am a big fan of your awesome work!!!
Wide in scope, brilliant delivery, stimulating, amusing information, Congratulations from Puerto Rico.
Thanks v much for your detailed comment!
w0w! love your series. SOOOOOOO well made!! thank you for sharing your creation w/ the world!! ~chief
will be waiting for my fav zones of Mediterranean regions, taiga, tundra episodes ;)
@@Geodiode thanks for info will be waiting
Insuperable graphics, photography, music, concise information and smooth perfect delivery. Congratulations
Wow! Thank you!
Love your videos, I absolutely adore deserts but I have only been to Tenerife so far as most deserts are dangerous or very far, but what I saw was amazing.
On the south side it's way drier then the north, the size of the Optunia, agave and Canary date palms was really impressive on both sides though, great botanical garden in Puerto Cruz and amazing palmery in Santa Cruz. Then there is the caldera that is cold and dry, very varied for such a small island.
In Zelda desert is always the coolest area with the best ost. Speaking of music, do you know what that track in the beginning is called?
This was great! I was actually forced to watch this video by my teacher but I liked it a lot!!
So is there any reason why much of eastern Oregon and Washington (and the Kamloops area of SE British Columbia and southern Idaho) aren't shown on your map of deserts in North America? The only area I saw shown was southeast Oregon, part of the Great Basin.
But so much of the rest of eastern Oregon and eastern Washington is dry, covered in sage brush and grasses, quite arid, bare soil exposed, and not at all shrubby. We call it the desert here in the Pacific Northwest. The Oregon section is mostly known as the Oregon High Desert, and the Washington area is mostly the Columbia Basin, sometimes called the "Channeled Scablands". Oregon's section seems to be a lot more arid and covered in sage brush; whereas Washington's section is sage brush but with more grassland desert.
In Oregon, there is a stark difference between the dry grasslands of the eastern Columbia River Gorge, and the sage brush deserts of central Oregon and southern Idaho.
Edit: Oh wait nevermind, I see. They're considered cool or cold semi arid deserts; just saw Episode 8 heh.
Absolutely awesome material!
Wow, very informative and so beautiful video about the desert. I liked it. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks a lot! And once again thanks for sharing your video in the creative commons!!!
Brilliant once again and thank you your efforts in creating this informative and educational gem!
Thanks so much for your comment, and stay tuned for more! Thanks for appreciating this work!
Great episode. You’re totally right as well, one of most underrated biomes for sure
Thanks so much Zack!
Love the work done and thanks for the credits
astounding just don't stop!!!!
Thanks so much for those videos! Honestly I am having lectures on biomes rn and I really can't get into it, so you're a lifesaver!
Thank you! My mission is accomplished ;)
This is put in a very enjoyable yet informative and engaging way. Thank you for amazing video! 👍
Thank you! That was the intention - to make what can be a rather dry subject more approachable.
Will be waiting for another humid subtropical monsoon climate of India in general and Assam (my home state) in particular.
and death valley. my favorite desert
There are some very special desert birds with adaptations for living in such a harsh climate.
Yes, and mammals too, like the shrew that has enormous ears (can't recall it's name...), oh, and camels ;)
Thank you this helped me with my biome project! :)
if you are a young person this is a good place to start, the guy making this knows his stuff
veryy informative thanks a ton!!!!
Captivating clip. Excellent information and exceptional delivery. Congratulations
Thanks so much Atila.
Love your channel, keep it up
Thanks for your kind words!! Is important to hear that people like this content!
Thank you very much for you effort ☺️💞..we have this topic for our Al exam🥲 you made it easier to remember 🙏😊
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks, just subscribed. I shoot and drone quite a bit around Lake Havasu and Flagstaff, AZ.
Thanks for subscribing! Welcome to GeoDiode! Hope you enjoy the content of the channel.
Absolutely amazing video. I myself am currently starting my geography college career and this helped so much!!! And also worth noting that I’m from the Canary Islands and I wasn’t expecting you to mention our semi arid coastal climate, so that was a pleasant surprise! Gracias por todo!
Muchas gracias Juan Carlos! I love the Canaries - they are a highly distinct set of islands in the world. There is even more on Gran Canaria in my "Microclimates" video. Good luck in your chosen career!
@@Geodiode Wow!!! I just watched it and I was even more amazed jajaja. It just so happens I’m from Gran Canaria! Hope you enjoyed your stay here! That video was also incredibly well done I must say, you certainly know your stuff my friend. Thanks for your content and have a fabulous day, and If you were to come back, well then Sansofé! Which is native canarian berber for welcome!
I live in a tropical rainforest climate and the sky feels monotonous
Nice
Thanks
Hey Ben remember me the flight from Lima to Paris nice to meet you Sir, how you do.?😊😊😊
Wil you do climate for countries?
How do continental climates in insular/coastal areas form, like in Hokkaido?
They form in places where cold winds show up in winter and then warm air masses form in the summer
My favorite of ALL Biomes, by the way the G in Saguaro is silent
Thank you so much for your fine video and dedication! I never thought that this is the topic that's so interesting🌵Could you share the information of the music in the beginning? I really like it.
Thanks very much. The music was a stock video track called "Home Movies". It's no longer available from that library, so unfortunately I don't have the artist's info
@@Geodiode Thank you so much! excellent choice for the desert theme!
why so less likes? this is a very nicely made video!
Seems to be pretty random. If one video gets more watches, then the algorithm means it will get even more. Blame TH-cam!
In Patagonia, summers can be higher than 40 ° C and in winter it can even drop to -30 ° C in some places.
Do the Athabasca Sand Dunes count as a desert even though it's glacial sand?
Hi I have a question what is this song 0:01 name
That is one rossome timelapse video at 13:03.
I want to walk across all these places on all these shows.
Yes it does give you that feeling doesn't it?
Hot vs. cold, hot vs. cold seem extreme, minimizing so many in-between areas where millions of people live in North America, alone. Much warm temperate vs. subtropical here. The Barrow (sp?) system seems that way in its tiny semi-arid margin being the only one with much vegetation, while the vast Sahara and some others where few live are so distinguished.
But perhaps my division to acknowledge differences where most people live vs. a system that emphasizes where most live from where almost nobody lives is it's point? If so, the Barrow system does the latter well.
Any classification system, to be simple enough for students and lay-people to understand, is going to make broad assumptions. I chose Koppen for climate and LONSO8 for biomes, as they were simple enough for this purpose. Real systems are just so complex that a classification system will never capture every aspect. But such a system that can teach others something, is better than a complex one that cannot.
I’m here when this video is 2 hrs old
GeoDiode lol
fine video, thank a lot! one thing boggles me, that is that desert maybe a grassland once before, and through desertification to become desrt now, so how many of them was actually a desert?
It's a complex issue - desertification. Many causes are considered. Changing climate, over-grazing. However, in the geological past where there were once deserts, there are now grasslands and forests, but that's mainly due to continental shift into temperate or tropical zones.
¿Do you also mean that cities are deserts? because between plants there is bare land (houses/steets) except where there are "gardens"
Mmm, no not really. Cities are an artificial "biome" that can comprise many different transplanted species.
“For waters will burst forth in the wilderness, And streams in the desert plain”
I had to watch this for school......
same
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You can even find that Salamina and Piraeus have hot-semi arid climate as well
Yes, the whole region of Attica is bordering on BSh and Csa...
Would be interesting to have camels in North America, much like how horses were reintroduced. Camels, like the horses, once roamed North America tens of thousands years ago.
I've heard that despite the low number of total plants and animals, deserts are actually incredibly diverse among those that it does support. Is this true?
Yes, it is, because the environmental stress forces plants to evolve in unique ways. The Fynbos of South Africa is among the most biodiverse regions of the world. Yes, it's not a desert, but is dry scrub. But, nonetheless...
@@Geodiode Awesome! Thank you so much for the confirmation!
Probably since this series had een produced, the oldest trees are now found in the south of Cile! The ldest one now on the planet is OVER half a millennia old!
Can you provide a link on this story?
Actually Atacama is very small so a little bit of distance from the driest places there are cactus too. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanos_de_Challe_National_Park
instagram.com/cacti_explorer/
uh oh, its happening
add 1 more second
my teacher told me to watch this
same lmao
The Colorado plateau desert is a 5th North American desert you forgot to mention in this video.
I was aware of this and others that were not mentioned. If I listed out every specific region in the world with such climates, the video would be twice the length as it was, and less accessible to the majority audience.
@@Geodiode your right. In fact the desert portions of the Colorado plateau is really only a more eastern and south eastern extension of the great basin desert. The geology of the area is different but the most the plant species and climate is quite simular.
@@jaredtaylor6434 yes, the western half of the US is very complex in terms of biomes and climate zones because of the constantly changing topography.
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According to your definition of a desert, all beaches are deserts!
A desert is defined by precipitation, not ground cover...
Huh? At what point did I say what you implied? It's made clear in this and my linked climate video that a desert is defined by it's precipitation
@@Geodiode in your narration. 100% ground cover vs. exposed ground.
I'm going to be naughty and say you didn't pay enough attention to the weird deserts like the coast of Namibia where it is damp and hot and cold and dry all in the same day.
It’s that cold ocean water off the coast of Namibia
@ Yup that’s true. Look up the city of Iquique.
I live in this biome and it’s boring
What the npc
I live in a desert. Would not recommend it.
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Reiterating. There is not a. better, more complete explanation of what/ where deserts are.
Thank you!