Ecoregions similar to or like South Saharan steppe and woodlands

One of several desert and xeric shrubland ecoregions that cover the northern portion of the African continent. World's largest hot, non-polar desert and is located in North Africa. Wikipedia

Deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion in the eastern Sahara. The woodlands ecoregion occupies two separate highland regions, covering portions of northern Chad, southwestern Egypt, southern Libya, and northwestern Sudan. Wikipedia

Deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion of Egypt and Sudan. The Red Sea coastal desert extends north and south along the Red Sea and Gulf of Suez, which bound it on the east. Wikipedia

Desert ecoregion, in the Deserts and xeric shrublands biome, that forms the northern edge of the Sahara. Part of the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. Wikipedia

Ecoregion that extends across several highland regions in the Sahara. Surrounded at lower elevations by the largely barren Sahara, the West Saharan montane xeric woodlands are isolated refuges of plants and animals that can survive in the higher humidity and lower temperatures of the highlands. Wikipedia

Ecoregion in the deserts and xeric shrublands biome, located in Kazakhstan. Semi-arid and continental, with a total annual precipitation of 160 mm, and mean temperatures in January averaging -15 °C and in July 23 °C. Wikipedia