Deserts, which are not of the desert: Part Two Bashny.Net

We continue the story of the desert, which, in fact, are not. In the first part there were a few interesting places on the planet. Secondly, these sites will be less. They are in Asia, Europe and New Zealand.

Let's start with sunny Italy. Here, in the province of Siena has Accona Desert desert. It does not consist of sand. In this desert area a lot of clay, forming a peculiar hills called biancane. Accons about 4, 5 million years.






Highlands of Iceland located in the central part of the island is uninhabited volcanic desert. Moisture in the form of melting ice and rain so quickly penetrates into the surface, which leaves no chance of possible vegetation tie. Thanks to a mixture of soil, ash and lava extinct, the earth is gray, black and brown.











Rangipo Desert is located in the central North Island of New Zealand. The area of ​​this desert area is about a thousand square kilometers. The local climate is significantly different from the coast. If on the shores of the Pacific Ocean are frozen no more than 30 days a year, here - more than 250 of the 365 possible. Frequent rainfall has not helped and all the moisture goes back through the sand and weathered strong local winds.









The following pseudo-desert - Tottori, located in Japan. Tottori Sand Dunes are the result of the vanishing crumbling rocks and sediments washing out sand from the nearby mountains. Some Tottori dunes can reach a height of 90 meters. The place is very popular among the local population, with the release of water.









Our last route will stretch 10 kilometers long and five wide. It Chara Sands Transbaikalia. It is logical placement of this monument of nature geomorficheskogo plan - Charskii pit. A series of dunes and dune landscape is very similar to Central Asia. Exception - vegetation. Here in the lowlands, grow larch and cedar elfin ernika. The sands are hidden two lakes - Taiga and Alenka.