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A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 25 cm (10 inches) of rain per year. Some deserts receive virtually no rain.

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Q: Do deserts only have 25cm of rain a year?
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What are soils that get less 25cm of rain per year?

Desert soils


What types of precipitation are in the desert?

Deserts can receive a variety of precipitation over a period of a year. Deserts may receive rain, snow, sleet, hail and grauple.


How much precipitation do deserts receive?

Every desert has its own weather statistics. However, a desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation per year on average. Some deserts receive virtually no rainfall for years.


Does Palau have any deserts?

No, Palau has no deserts. It averages nealry 200 inches of rain per year.


How much rain does the American Desert get every year?

A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation on average per year. Some deserts receive virtually no rainfall for decades.


What geographic location would you find a desert?

An area which receive less than 25cm of rain in an year is referred as a desert. In such case the largest desert is not Sahara but Antarctica itself. The mountains block the rain clouds to shower rain, so places with scarce mountain and evergreen forests receive low rainfall and hence can be deserts. But countries like Pakistan (north), Afghanistan are having deserts even though they have high mountains. This is because they don't fall in the way of the rain bearing winds from the Arabian sea and Indian ocean.


How long does it take to rain in deserts?

Some deserts receive virtually no rainfall for centuries. Other deserts receive rainfall every year. A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches of rain (250 mm) on average per year.


Which biome receives less than 25cm of rain per year?

The biomes that receive little rain are deserts and tundras.


How much rain do deserts receive rain in one year?

Every desert is different but a desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation per year on average. Some deserts receive virtually no rain for centuries.


How much precipitation do deserts get weekly?

Deserts receive less than 10 inches 25 cm) of rain per year.


Do most deserts receive on average less then 50 inches of rain less than 10 inches of rain or less than 1 inch of rain each year?

Most deserts receive less than 10 inches of precipitation on average per year.


Do deserts receive less than ten centimeters of rain per year?

Some deserts receive less than 10 cm of rain per year. However, a desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (25 cm) of rain per average per year.