Hyper-arid

Connected Sites: 8

Definition
WHS where the OUV is related to the site's location in a hyper-arid landscape. A hyper-arid landscape is an extremely dry region that receives very little rainfall. These areas are classified by having an aridity index of under 0.05, which translates to less than 100 millimeters of rain per year, and sometimes no rain at all for several years.

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Connected Sites

  • Namib Sand Sea
    Inscribed: 2013
    4.08
    114
    4
    "Criterion (ix): ... where plant and animal communities are continuously adapting to life in a hyper arid environment" (OUV)
  • Air and Téneré
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.14
    2
    1
    Ténéré (desert environment OUV): "The climate is hyper-arid, extremely hot, sunny and dry year-round and there is virtually no plant life." (wiki)
  • 'Uruq Bani Ma'arid
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.59
    10
    1
    "Criterion (vii): 'Uruq Bani Ma'arid is an iconic hyper-arid sand desert" (OUV)
  • Al-Faw
    Al-Faw
    Saudi Arabia
    Inscribed: 2024
    1.29
    4
    3
    "The Cultural Landscape of Al-Faw Archaeological Area is an organically evolved relict landscape encapsulated by the extremely arid desert environment since its abrupt abandonment around the 5th century CE." (AB Ev)
  • Lut Desert
    Inscribed: 2016
    3.40
    25
    3
    "The property is situated in an interior basin surrounded by mountains, so it is in a rain shadow and, coupled with high temperatures, the climate is hyper-arid." (OUV)
  • Chinchorro Culture
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.47
    25
    3
    "They successfully adapted to the extreme environmental conditions of a hyper-arid coastal desert" (OUV)
  • Inscribed: 2024
    2.69
    7
    1
    Crit vii: "desert landscapes and landforms subject to a temperate, hyper-arid climate." (OUV)
  • Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.20
    42
    7
    "In the remote desert Pampa, one of the driest deserts on earth..." (OUV) - "The Pampa is one of the driest deserts in the world with virtually no annual rainfall." (AB ev)