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Sahara Desert - Coggle Diagram
Sahara Desert
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Animals
Scorpion
Scorpions have a flexible diet and could eat animals such as earthworms, spiders and so on, which could make it a lot easier for them to live in the desert.
Scorpions don't drink a lot of water, they usually get their water from eating their prey.
Nocturnal, which could prevent them from the hot sun.
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Kangaroo Rat
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Nocturnal, which could prevent them from the hot sun.
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Desert Fox
Large ears. Easy to hear predator coming, and could also release heat.
Thick fur on paws: Easy to run on sand, protect it from the desert heat.
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Camel
Camels have thick furs on the top of their body used as shades, and light furs in other places so heat could get away very easily.
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They are able to store an extremely high amount of water in their water, so they don't need to drink water for quite a long time
Their nostrils are slit-like and their eyelashes are very long so they can keep sand from blowing inside.
Climate
Very Dry, annual rain fall is usually only a few inches
The tempereture here is very high, way higher than 38 ºC in the summer.
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Location
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North of Atlas Mountains and Mediterranean Sea, east by the Red Sea
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Plants
Cactus
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Spines instead of leaves, so it could reduce the amount of water-loss.