solonchaks

The halophytic succulent semi-shrubs such as Halimione verrucifera, Kalidium folitum, K. Schrenkianum, anc Halocnemum strobilaceum, and annual saltworts (species of Petrosimonia, Climacoptera, Suaeda) dominate on solonchaks.

Central Asian northern desert 2008

Halophytic, succulent semishrubs such as Halostachys caspica, Halocnemum strobilaceum, Suaeda microphylla, and Salsola dendroides, grow on solonchaks.

Central Asian southern desert 2008

Closed depressions with salt pans (solonchaks) are characteristic, such as a giant Eroyulanduz depression in southwest Badghyz.

Badkhiz-Karabil semi-desert 2008

The soils of the area are complex, and vary from bare rocks and lithosols, with solonchaks, yermosols, and regosols indicating the general desiccation of the area.

Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands 2008

Sand ridges and unstabilized dune sands, salt desert, solonchaks (shors) and clay deserts (takyrs) are typical.

Caspian lowland desert 2008

This ecoregion encompasses the the coastal desert (sand dunes, solonchaks, clay takyrs) along the coast at the northern and eastern shores of the Caspian Sea, the largest inland water body in the world (400,000 square kilometers (km2)).

Caspian lowland desert 2008