Examples of types of semi-arid biomes are:

• Australia: a large portion of the Outback, surrounding the central desert regions, including the following areas:
• MacDonnell Ranges, including Alice Springs. (The ranges are surrounded by arid desert regions.)
• Southern Kimberley, including Broome
• Central part of the WA Goldfields, including Kalgoorlie
• Western Pilbara, including Karratha
• Eastern Riverland, northern Victorian Mallee and Sunraysia, including Mildura
• Central North West Queensland, including Mount Isa
• Coastal part of the Far North region of South Australia, including Port Augusta
• Brazil: the North-eastern Sertão or Caatinga
• Kazakhstan: the Steppe
• North Africa: The region between the Tell Atlas and the Saharan Atlas; and the Sahel on the southern edge of the Sahara
• Southern Africa: the Karoo and Kalahari regions in the western interior of South Africa and Botswana, also borders the Namib Desert to the north and west.
• Spain: the south-east zone: province of Alicante, province of Almeria and Region of Murcia. This climate is called arid mediterranean.
• Italy: the southern zone: Sicily, Sardinia and Apulia.
• United States: the western interior, including the following states (except above the tree line in the mountain states and in some localized areas):
• Western parts of the Dakotas
• Western Nebraska
• Western Kansas
• Far Western Oklahoma
• Central and West Texas
• Most of New Mexico
• Colorado
• Montana
• Wyoming
• Most of Utah
• Northeastern Arizona
• Northern Nevada
• Most of Idaho
• Northeastern California
• Eastern Oregon
• Eastern Washington
• Canada: The southern Prairie Provinces, that being southern Alberta, southern Saskatchewan and extreme southwestern Manitoba; plus some low-lying valleys in the British Columbia interior
• Most of Pakistan

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Southern hemisphere

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