North Africa to India Vegetation
Megatransect
along the 30° North Latitude, compiled from pictures from
the Confluence.org project.
Human-created deserts, started and continuously maintained by domesticated cattle, sheep, camels and goats, starting 5,500 years ago and continuing to present.
North Africa to India, ecological and vegetation photo megatransect, running along as close to the 30° North Latitude as possible. The largest and most massive environmental destruction on the planet, human-created deserts, continuously maintained free of the original perennial native grasses by domesticated cattle, sheep, camels and goats, starting 5,500 years ago to present. More infomation about this proposal, at http://www.ecoseeds.com/Saudi.html
Native meadow, Saudi Arabia, 29N 44E vicinity.

Camels Morocco 29N 9W

Nomads Morocco 28N 12W
Compiled by Craig Dremann, (650) 325-7333, for scientific study of what a large-scale, continent-sized ecological and vegetation photo megatransect could possibly look like, photos copyright by the photographers that are listed on the pages at confluence.com. Photos on this web page are used here with written permission from the Confluence Project.
The best index link into the Confluence project is http://www.confluence.org/showworld.php
>>>See the Europe to Africa Vegetation Megatransect HERE
>>>Canada to Mexico Vegetation Megatransect HERE
>>>Canada to Baja Vegetation Megatransect HERE
>>>China West to East Vegetation Megatransect HERE
>>>China South to North Vegetation Megatransect HERE
>>>Pakistan through India Vegetation Megatransect HERE
>>>Australia Vegetation Megatransect HERE
>>>United States West to East Vegetation Megatransect HERE
>>>New Mexico whole state Vegetation Megatransect HERE
Green dots trace route of this megatransect.
Western Sahara
27N 13W
Morocco 28N 12W
Western Sahara 26N
10W
Western Sahara 26N 9W
Algeria 28N 8E
Algeria 28N 9E
Tunisia 31N 10E
Libya
31N 11E
Libya 31N 12E
Libya
31N 13E
Libya
31N 14E
Libya
31N 15E
Libya
31N 16E
Libya
31N 17E
Libya
30N 18E
Libya
28N 19E
Libya
29N 20E
Libya
29N 21E
Libya
29N 22E
Libya
29N 23E
Libya
29N 24E
Libya
29N 25E
Egypt
29N 26E
Egypt 29N 27E
Egypt
29N 28E
Egypt
29N 29E
Egypt
29N 30E
Egypt
29N 31E,
Nile river agriculture land.
Egypt
29N 32E
Egypt
30N 33E
Egypt 29N 34E
Saudi
Arabia 29N 35E
Saudi
Arabia 29N 36E
Saudi
Arabia 29N 37E
Saudi
Arabia 29N 38E
Saudi
Arabia 29N 39E
Saudi
Arabia 29N 40E
Saudi
Arabia 29N 41E
Saudi
Arabia 29N 42E
Saudi
Arabia 29N 43E
Saudi Arabia 29N 44E
Saudi Arabia 29N 45E
Saudi Arabia 29N 46E
Saudi Arabia 29N 47E
Kuwait 29N 48E
Iran 28N 54E
Iran 28N 55E
Iran 29N 59E
Pakistan 29N 62E
Pakistan 29N 68E
India 28N 73E
India 28N 74E
India 28N 75E
India 28N 76E
India 28N 77E
India 28N 78E
India 28N 79E
India 29N 80E
Updated October 6, 2009