Si Wong Desert

With a name that literally translates to "Desert of the Dead" in Mandarin Chinese, it comes as no surprise that the Si Wong Desert holds the driest, hottest environment of the Avatar world and is really nothing more than miles of barren sand. Only a select few are mentally and physically capable of surviving in this desert, let alone navigate through it, for an extended period of time. However, certain desert-dwelling peoples such as the Sandbenders and the Bedouin merchants have come to adapt to the habitat. Nevertheless, even they can find themselves victims to common habital afflictions such as starvation, dehydration and skin cancer. The desert's ecosystem is primarily consisted of cacti and a few scavenger species such as the Gilacorn and the large predatory insectoid Buzzard-Wasp.