Life In The Hot Sahara

The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world and spread over 8.6 million km square in North Africa. The average temperature throughout the year in the Sahara over 30 ° C with increasing temperatures over 50 degrees Celsius during summer and winter temperatures drop below freezing. Variations in daily temperature swing somewhere between the values from -0.5 to 37.5 degrees Celsius, the conditions are really hard and difficult life, and sustainCondition has further deteriorated due to the hot wind and dust. The high summer temperatures and sparse rainfall and cold winters, making together with the dry weather the intense time inhospitable Sahara. As a result the plant, and animal population is sparse.

Plants and animals develop certain modifications to adapt the life in the harsh desert.

desert plants have very long roots penetrate deep into the earth, and their large leaves are replacedwith thorns and thick green branches in desert plants like cactus, where the spikes in the prevention of excessive loss of water during photosynthesis of the tree and holds water for a very long time. Xerophytes, grasses, shrubs and trees including the common vegetation in the Sahara desert.

desert animals are rarely under the hot sun and instead to remain underground for most of the day and eat foods that contain large amounts of water content. Desert animals are also smallerin terms of size, which minimizes the loss of water from their bodies. The species is found in the Sahara desert hedgehog, hamster, jerboa, hare's head, common jackal, Dorcas gazelle, oryx, then the deer, Nubian wild mouflon, Anubis baboon, spotted hyena, sand fox, weasel, Libyan striped, slender mongoose, rattlesnakes, kangaroo rats, kit foxes and many species of frogs, toads, crocodiles, lizards, chameleons, lizards, snails cobra, algae and brine shrimp.