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This image shows the terrain of the desert biome. This is specifically the Sahara Desert.

Source http://sahara-desert-dream.com/

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Jerboas are small rat like animals that live in the desert. These incredible animals weigh .13 oz  and can jump 10 feet up and can run at 24 kilometers per hour.  They also don't drink water.

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Cacti like the ones below are found all over deserts. They are some of the few plants that grow in deserts.

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The fear of cactus is called Kactosophobia.

The Saguaro cactus is only ever found in the Sonoran desert in Arizona.

There are four different types of deserts: hot and dry, semiarid, coastal, and cold.

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Some of the ecological services that the desert biome provides are oil and salt mining. Over half of the world's oil reserves are under desert sands! The Arabian desert is the biggest oil producing desert! This is also the best example of economic value in this biome! Salt mining is another provided ecological service! Most water in deserts are filled with minerals, so when they evaporate, a large amount of minerals are left behind in a mineral deposit. Some of those mineral deposits are salt. This leads to a lot of salt mining!

Below is a picture of an oil mine in a desert:

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The economic productivity for the desert biome is less than 200 kilo-calories per year which comes out to about 1 kilo-calorie per day. A kilo-calorie is equal to 1,000 calories. A kilo-calorie is how much sunlight producers take in to make food.

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Many plants and animals live in the desert. These animals and plants need to have special adaptations to survive in this dry, hot biome. Take the cactus for example. It is covered in sharp needle like thorns to protect its it's watery inside. The cactus is a succulent plant that stores water to use later to keep the water safe it is covered in spikes. However some birds such as the Gilded Flickers live in the cacti, specifically the Suguaro Cactus. These brids have long beaks to pick away at the cactus. As I mentioned in  Abiotic factors animals like the Jerboa and  Gila Monster burrow into the ground where it is much cooler than above, then at night they hunt.

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It is believed that a long time ago there used to be large lakes in Africa. Over time these lakes dried up leaving large salt deposits behind. Salt mining is a major industry in Africa and salt is an abiotic factor. Also almost all deserts have sand, sand is an abiotic factor which biotic factors depend on. During the day animals such as jerboas and geckos burrow down into the sand to avoid the heat above. Yet another abiotic factor of the desert is the temperature, it can get very hot in the desert in fact up to 117 degrees Fahrenheit. As I mentioned above animals burrow or tunnel to avoid the scorching heat and often come out at night to hunt. Picture: salt mine. Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326079/Danakil-Depression-Incredible-pictures-vast-desert-basin-heart-Ethiopias-ancient-salt-trade.html

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Source: http://leosdunord.info/maps/sahara-map

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Arlit, Niger is a city located in the Sahara Desert in Africa. Below is a climograph.

Source https://en.climate-data.org/location/3464/

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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxfqi9bVK0Y