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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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258:Telescopus hoogstraali
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701:Kopet Dag semi-desert
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772:Categories
550:ecoregions
544:Palearctic
408:August 28,
303:References
66:Palearctic
732:Dzungaria
377:August 1,
323:March 21,
166:ecoregion
84:Geography
291:See also
203:Dead Sea
229:Climate
170:Red Sea
135:39°15′E
132:24°15′N
97:Country
55:Ecology
557:Africa
182:Jordan
178:Israel
113:Jordan
109:Israel
451:(PDF)
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211:Yemen
117:Yemen
105:Egypt
73:Biome
61:Realm
36:Egypt
32:Dahab
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