The Great Sandy-Tanami Desert is an arid ecoregion of northern
and western Australia that comprises a land area of
approximately 317,800 square miles. The ecoregion is classified
within the biome of Deserts & Xeric Shrublands. The desert
itself is home to the iconic landform known as Uluru or Ayers
Rock, a feature sacred to the Anangu aborigines of this region.
Great Sandy-Tanami Desert within Australia. Source: World
Wildlife Fund & Peter Saundry Location and general description
The Great Sandy-Tanami Desert occupies a considerable fraction
of the Northern Territory of Australia as well as a large
portion of Western Australia.The ecoregion is actually an
amalgamation of two tangent deserts: the Great Sandy Desert in
the west and the Tanami Desert in the east. The southern locale
of the Tanami Desert, in the vicinity of the Uluru formation,
features a gamut of waterholes, springs, sandstone rock caves
and ancient rock art paintings. Uluru itself is inscribed as a
World Heritage Site. A total of 404 distinct v