The biome concept organizes large-scale ecological ... However, there is a lot of variability in desert types, with hot deserts, cold deserts, high elevation deserts, and rain shadow deserts.

Hot deserts are found near the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The largest hot desert is the Sahara in Africa which spans the whole width of the continent.

The world’s largest hot desert is the Sahara and it’s almost ... This clip is from the series Ecosystems and Biomes. This could be used to introduce students to the ecosystem of the desert ...