| FishBase | Complete | Literature | Reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Families | Species | Families | |||
| Marine | 442 | 136 | No | Quéro, J.-C., J.-C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.), 1990 | ||
| Freshwater | 4 | 3 | No | Daget, J., J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 1984 | ||
| Total | 446 | 138 | No | |||
| Conservation | |
| Geography and Climate |
The Saharawi (surface area of 178,999 sq. km.) consists largely of desert plateau. The climate is hot and semi-arid. Most of the country is too arid for agriculture. There are large deposits of phosphate. Ref. Vanden Bossche, J.-P. and G.M. Bernacsek, 1990 |
| Hydrography |
Lakes: although there are a number of lake basins, they are usually dry.
Rivers, floodplains and swamps: there are two river systems (the Uad Fat and Uad Assag), but they infrequently contain water.
Reservoirs: none of significant size.
Coastal lagoons: none of significant size. Ref. Vanden Bossche, J.-P. and G.M. Bernacsek, 1990 |