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A desert is a dry area because of the lack of precipitation. Most of the deserts and especially the hot deserts in the world have globally a very high sunshine duration. The deserts don't receive very much precipitation throughout the year, which normally means clouds are rare but not necessarily. For example the Atacama Desert, which is the driest desert in the world is mainly very sunny but cities which surround the desert like Arica are extremely dry and only receive less than 1 mm of rain anually but these desert cities have a high cloud cover and the days are generally foggy. The deserts are sunny for the same reason which makes them dry. The main aridity causes are the subtropical ridge(the descending part of the Hadley Cell), the rain shadow, the continentality or the influence of a cold ocean current, which comes directly from the Poles.
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What are the abiotic factors of the driest desert?
Rock, ice, snow, air and sunlight are abiotic factors of the Antarctic Desert.
Why is the angle of rays of sunlight important in determining the amount of energy collected by the earth?
The angle of the rays of sunlight is important in determining the amount of energy collected by the earth. More direct sunlight means more energy received.
An important river of the Indian desert is?
Luni
What are the abiotic factors of a desert?
In any ecosystem, abiotic and biotic factors must always be present. In a desert, the abiotic factors include sunshine, minerals and air.
Why are the animals of the Arizona desert important to the cacti?
they arnt
How much sunlight does the desert get?
7
What does sunlight do in the desert?
Sunlight is absorbed by the surface of the soil which is heated. The soil then radiates that heat to the air above it, raising the temperature of the desert.
Why are there 21 hours of sunlight in a desert?
The only desert that would have 21 hours of sunlight would be Antarctica during the summer months.
How does sunlght affect the desert?
Sunlight is absorbed by the surface of the desert and the surface is heated. The surface, in turn, heats the air above the desert.
How much sunlight is in a desert?
there is always sunlight everyday every night through day.
What was the major resources of the American Indians in the desert southwest?
Sunlight
How many hours of sunlight does the desert get?
10 hours a day
Can you plant cutting flowers in the desert?
you can but it will die if it doesn't have the same amount of water as it does sunlight. it will have to much sunlight and that can kill it
What are the abiotic factors of the driest desert?
Rock, ice, snow, air and sunlight are abiotic factors of the Antarctic Desert.
What is the amount of sunlight in the desert?
There is no approximate amount but the desert's sun can be heating the desert more than 98 degrees. Hope that helped. I am a science teacher. :)
What is the amount of sunlight of the desert?
There is no approximate amount but the desert's sun can be heating the desert more than 98 degrees. Hope that helped. I am a science teacher. :)
Why is it hot in the desert?
the sunlight gets absorbed better in an open space
