If you look on a globe where most deserts are located, you will find the majority to be located around 30-degrees North or South of the equator. read more
On regions close by, artificial desertification can easily occur when people abuse the land by overgrazing, deforestation, or poor agricultural practices. This is why the Sahara desert is growing in size and why there are deserts showing up at latitudes just above and below 30-degrees. read more
It turns out there's a strong tendency for land at ± 30° Latitude to become desert. In the Northern Hemisphere there's the American Southwest, the Sahara, the Arabian Desert, etc. In the Southern hemisphere there's the Atacama Desert, the Kalahari, the Australian Outback, and so on. read more
In the Northern Hemisphere, there’s the Sahara, the American Southwest, the Arabian Desert, the Lut Desert and the Thar Desert. These deserts all have something in common — they exist at or near 30° latitude. read more