Land that is heavily cracked from the lack of moisture stretches even further north of Sunagakure; even past the seemingly endless desert. Shinobi of the Sand often wonder if this land was once fertile before quickly reminding themselves that nothing survived more than 48 hours in the nutritionally deprived soil, therefore no animals could. Still, a few shoots of plants -- though their leaves are so wilted they're stiff -- can be seen poking out of the larger cracks in the ground.
