Great Sandy Desert

About Great Sandy Desert:

• It is an arid wasteland of northern Western Australia.
• It is Australia’s second largest desert, after the Great Victoria Desert, and encompasses an area of 284,993 sq.km. 
• It extends from Eighty Mile Beach on the Indian Ocean eastward into the Northern Territory and from Kimberley Downs southward to the Tropic of Capricorn and the Gibson Desert. 
• It is typified by longitudinal sand ridges, chains of large salt lakes, and occasional low rocky hills interlaced with Triodia (Spinifex) grass.
• The Gibson Desert lies to the south, and the Tanami Desert lies to the east of the Great Sandy Desert.
• Climate: It experiences exceptionally high daytime temperatures and overnight temperatures, along with far below average humidity levels. 
• The region is not very populated. The main population is made up of Indigenous Australians.  There are two main tribes; Martu in the west and Pintupi to the east.