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. [tier=gold indep_score=1.0 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Fairy circle (arid grass formation) (wikipedia)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12342241/ (corroboration)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01431-0 (corroboration)
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvs.13092 (corroboration)
- https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-mystery-of-the-namibian-fairy-circles/ (corroboration)