Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

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(04-20-2019, 10:48 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote: Lions were mentioned in the sandy deserts of Arabia (https://archive.org/stream/naturalistsli...8/mode/2up), if you remember, and besides, Southwest Africa, including the Kalahari, is a desertish or dry area, but that doesn't stop lions from being there.

I know about desert lions of namib or kalahari and "THAR DESERT". Kalahari is a semi-desert and Namib is a coastal desert, with huge tracts of excellent grazing after good rains, the Kalahari supports more animals and plants than a true desert, such as the Sahara or Arabian desert.  There are small amounts of rainfall, usually receive 110–200 millimetres (4.3–7.9 in) of rain per year. Similar is the Thar desert, with rainfall 100–500 mm (3.9–19.7 in) per year, mostly falling from July to September. Luni and Ghaggar-Hakra rivers are also there ...

Sahara and Arabian deserts are true deserts with extremely low vegetation, rainfall and high temperatures. The Arabian Desert is close to the climate of the Sahara Desert ; the world's largest hot desert. In fact, the Arabian Desert is an extension of the Sahara Desert over the Arabian peninsula. The climate is mainly hot and dry with plenty of sunshine throughout the year and can receive between 30 and 40 mm of annual rain.

It is true that lions lived in Arabia and Sahara too but "it is in the fringes" where the rainfall amount is generally around 100 mm with supportive water, temperature around 40 degree Celsius  and prey base to support their survival but "not inside the desert zone" in which high temperatures are above 50 °C (122 °F) in much of the desert, due in part to very low elevation and low rainfall and humidity or vegetation to support prey animals that lions depend on and lions or other animals will be desiccated or dehydrated...

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