Fairy circles occur in the arid grasslands of the Namib desert in western parts of Southern Africa.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple peer-reviewed studies (Nature/Communications Biology, Journal of Vegetation Science) and science journalism sources describing fairy circles' occurrence in Namib Desert grasslands.
Sources
- Fairy circle (arid grass formation) (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12342241/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01431-0 (nature.com)
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvs.13092 (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
- https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-mystery-of-the-namibian-fairy-circles/ (sciencefriday.com)