The vegetation differs markedly from that of the rest of the park, with very little cover and a general absence of trees, very open, poor, desertic, where the shrubby climax vegetation, has practically disappeared and there are some stages with steppe plants.

The areas from western part of Karachi to Sonmiani extending westward up to eastern part of Hingol Ormara the area between Pasni and Gwadar the area between western part of Gwadar and Jiwani the coastal-deltaic region and the Thar Desertic areas of southeastern Sindh province have been identified for detailed wind potential study.

His pioneering study was focused on the ecology of "desert lizards", then understudied in Arabia, and he expressly distinguished "really desertic regions" from "the more mesic, peripheral areas, such as the mountains of northern Oman", which he considered had already received a measure of scientific attention (Arnold 1984).

It therefore came as a great surprise to Brian to receive specimens of two new species of the genus from the arid desertic escarpment of Namibia!

The vertebrate-bearing beds were deposited in a marine setting near the shoreline and in an arid (desertic) climate (Alafont, 1992) with some analogies with Muschelkalk and Monte San Giorgio assemblages, although further work is required to evaluate these faunal similarities.

Geographically, Algeria is extremely diverse: the southern part is desertic with immense areas of sand dunes, while the northern part is dissected into mountains, plains, and basins.

Scrubland Xerophytic 24: Sub-montane scrubland, 25: Spiny scrubs Tamaulipecan scrubland, 26: Cacti- dominated scrubland, 27: Succulent-dominated scrubland, 28: Succulent-cacti-dominated scrubland, 29: Sub-tropical scrubland, 31: Xerophytic scrubland, 32: Succulent- cactus-dominated cloud scrubland, 33: Rosetophylous scrubland, 34: Desertic xerophytic rosetophylous scrubland, 35: Desertic xerophytic microphylous scrubland, 36: Propospis spp.-dominated, 37: Acacia spp.-dominated.