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A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation per year on average,

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What region has less then four inches of rain each year?

The desert.


Is a desert an area that receives more than 25 centimeters of rain or snow each year?

No, a desert generally receives very little precipitation (less than 10 inches annually), and even less snow.


Are there more deserts than rain forests?

The reason that there are less animals in the desert is because the animals that live in the rain forest are used to having more oxygen due to the large amount of trees there. As there are less trees in the desert, there are less animals. This is why most desert trekkers use an oxygen tank.


How much rain does the Chihuahuan Desert receive each year?

Less than 10 inches a year.:)


Which gets less rain - desert or rain forest?

Deserts receive much less rain than rain forests.


How much precipitation does the desert get each year?

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


What is the exact amount of plants in the deserts?

Each undisturbed desert has exactly the number of plants that can be supported with the amount of rain the region receives - nothing less, nothing more.


How are ecosystems?

Water,sunlight,and soil.As an example,a desert is dry and has much sunlight and less nutrients,and the rain forest has more water,less sunlight and more nutrients than a desert. A small amount of plants and animals can survive in the desert.While more plants and animals survive in the rain forest.


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

A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches of precipitation per year on average.


Does the grassland receive less rain or the desert?

Grasslands


What is the primary ecological factor determining of deserts?

A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain an average per year. The more rain that falls in a desert, the more plantlife it can support. The more plantlife, the more animals.


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

A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches of precipitation per year on average.