Geography

My story will take place in the Tabernas Desert. The Tabernas Desert is located in Spain in the province of Almeria. The Tabernas Desert's area is 110 square miles and it is located 20 miles North of Barcelona, the Capitol of Spain. The Tabernas Desert is placed between the Sierra de los Filabres to the north and the Sierra de Alhamilla to the south-southeast and that keeps the desert away from humid winds from the Mediterranean Sea. The Tabernas Desert gets only 24 cm of rain each year. It is located in an area with very little rainfall known as the Levante.
The Tabernas Desert has an average temperature of 18 degrees Celcius and it gets 3000 hours of sun exposure per year. When it rains in the Tabernas Desert it rains extremely hard and the ground can't hold it in so it starts to erode. The animals in the Tabernas Desert are very scarce. The birds that live in the Tabernas Desert include the following: Swifts, Jackdaws, Pin-tailed Sandgrouses, Blue Rock Thrushes, Stone Curlews, Trumpeter Finches and Crested Larks. Hedgehogs also live in the Tabernas Desert. My main character and Elvis Presley will get stranded in the Tabernas Desert while they were in the field of battle. They were fighting against Erwin Rommel's forces in the desert and Erwin Rommel was known for his expertise in desert warfare. That will be a factor in my story.