Qatar Habitat Guide

The Qatar peninsula is shaped like a thumb. It juts northwards into the Gulf from the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is about 160 km long and 55 to 80 km wide. Most of it is a desert that is about 40 m above sea level. There is no natural vegetation.

Qatari fauna is limited to birds, such as the houbara, and to animals that are pretty hard to spot, such as bats and sand cats. You will, of course, see camels, but because Qatar doesn't have much in the way of vegetation, it never had the huge herds you'll see in other parts of the Middle East.