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99% of the land area is bare ground, or sparse vegetation. Shrubs and herbaceous vegetation are found in the deep wadis and gullies that can retain moisture, and after a rainfall there are areas that briefly sprout grasses. Most of the plant diversity is in the southern Sinai, where 700 species of
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border. Most of the coastal land is flat, but there are high mountains in southern Sinai. Biodiversity is limited by the low moisture levels – some areas go for years without significant rain. Portions of the area support a thin savannah-like cover of widely scattered trees and scrub, surrounded
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252:Köppen climate classification
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783:Categories
561:ecoregions
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314:References
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743:Dzungaria
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334:March 21,
177:ecoregion
95:Geography
302:See also
214:Dead Sea
240:Climate
181:Red Sea
146:39°15′E
143:24°15′N
108:Country
66:Ecology
568:Africa
193:Jordan
189:Israel
124:Jordan
120:Israel
462:(PDF)
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128:Yemen
116:Egypt
84:Biome
72:Realm
47:Egypt
43:Dahab
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