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In deserts, the snow melts at summer time, however in Antarctica, the snow never melts. (From Starprof): No, that isn't exactly true. I observed melting snow at McMurdo Station in late summer. The air temperature was about 40 F. Also, some snow disappears due to sublimation. If the term desert means a place of very little precipitation, then Antarctica qualifies as a desert.
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∙ 9y agoAntarctica is a desert, the largest desert in the world.
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What is the difference in size between the Sahara Desert and Antarctica?
Antarctica - 14,000,000 square kilometers or 5,400,000 square miles. Sahara - 9,400,000+Square kilometers or 3,320,000+square miles.
What is the difference between Antarctica's and Sahara Desert's temperature?
The temperature of Antarctica can plunge to well below minus 100 degrees F and the temperature in the Sahara may exceed 130 degrees in some areas.
What is the largest desert between Antarctica and the Sahara?
The Antarctic Desert is much larger than the Sahara.
What type of desert is Antarctica?
Antarctica is a polar desert.
What kind of desert is antarctica?
Antarctica is considered a desert because of low precipitation. You can consider Antarctica a polar desert.
What is the difference between the Sahara Desert and the Atacama Desert?
The Sahara Desert is a hot, sandy desert. Antarctica is a continent with a large desert covering much of it's surface. It is of course cold and much of it consists of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, although the dry valleys in the trans-antarctic mountains are not ice covered, and have sand dunes like more temperate deserts.
Where is the desert in Antarctica?
Nearly the entire continent of Antarctica is desert.
Which desert is found in Antarctica?
The Antarctic Desert is located in Antarctica.
What is the Antarctica desert called?
The Antarctic Desert or simply Antarctica.
What is the largest desert the Mongolian the Sahara or Antarctica?
Antarctica is larger than the Sahara desert. This is because Antarctica is the world's largest desert.
Which continent has the driest desert in the world?
The driest desert, Antarctica, is in the southern hemisphere at the South Pole. Some say the Atacama Desert is the driest. It is located in the southern and western hemispheres.
Which continent is entirely desert?
Egypt is over 90 percent desert - the Sahara Desert.
