The whole continent is desert-like given its humidity rating which is about five percent: it is the largest contiguous desert on earth, and one of the driest.
Terrain ranges from ice plains to dry valleys of rock and shale. From high mountains to the coast this unbroken desert covers almost the entirety of the worlds fifth largest continent.
The whole of the continent of Antarctica is the world's largest desert.
In spite of it's layer of ice, Antarctica itself is considered a desert, because it has so little rain or snow fall. Antarctica has a permanent layer of thick ice covering it, with only some bare rocky areas showing. There is almost no plant life at all on Antarctica, and no large animals live there throughout the entire year. There are only a few small plants and some insects year-round.
Yes, cold deserts. Most of Antarctica is a desert. (A desert is classified by how much precipitation the area receives. Most of Antarctica receives approximately 2 inches of precipitation or less per year)
Deserts of Australia:
Great Victoria DesertGreat Sandy Desert
Tanami Desert
Simpson Desert
Gibson Desert
Little Sandy Desert
Strzelecki Desert
Sturt Stony Desert
Tirari Desert
Pedirka Desert
All of the continent of Antarctica is considered a desert, based on there being a very humidity rating: about five percent.
The entirety of the Antarctic continent is considered a desert.
All of Antarctica is considered a desert, because the average humidity is about five percent.
The Antarctic Desert covers nearly all of Antarctica and is the largest desert in the world.
The Arctic has tundra and sea ice but no true deserts. However, almost all of Antarctica is considered a desert.
The Antarctic is a cold, polar desert.
There is no food web in the continent: it's too cold for any animal to live there.
it is the cycle of antarctia
Lake Vostok
The treaty was signed in 1959.
the desert is called the desert
Antarctica is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.
livin' things mate! plants!!
7500 ft
Its called a desert. Examples are the Sahara Desert and the Kalahari Desert.
Antarctica is a dry, arid polar environment.
The same as normal water. 7.
If you are referring to the volcano. It is called Mt. Erebus