Desert & Life

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6 Episodes

The Judean Desert has shaped cultural history and given birth to the religions of Judaism and Christianity.

Take a look at the Atacama Desert that runs for 600 miles along the coastline of Chile and Peru.

Discover the Thar Desert, dominated by huge windblown seas of sand, with dunes rising to heights of 152m.

The Gobi Desert is one of the most extreme places on Earth, temperatures reach up to 40 degrees Celsius.

Vast swathes of Australia hold sandy deserts, where aboriginal people have found ways to survive.

The Namib is possibly the world's oldest desert. Unusually, it is home to several species of large animal.