Yes, it rains on desert plateaus. All parts of a desert receive rainfall but some deserts receive less than others.
The Tibetan Plateau and the Gobi Desert
The Tibetan Plateau and the Gobi Desert ~
Yes, the Painted Desert, which is part of the Colorado Plateau Desert, does get some rain and snow but less than 10 inches (250 mm) of total precipitation per year.
A desert plateau is simply a desert or arid area with a high elevation. The desert landscape can be loose soil, stony plain or a mixture. Vegetation is short and sparse. Examples of desert plateau include: * Atacama Desert plateau along Panamerican Highway in northern Chile * Great Basin desert plateau in the USA However, desert plateau can be smaller, and comprise part of the desert, as they do in Australia and Botswana.
what desert is on the northern Iran on the plateau of Iran
Great Basin Desert Chihuahuan Desert Sonoran Desert Mojave Desert Colorado Plateau Desert
Where the Navajos have always lived is the high desert Colorado Plateau, there is little rain (usually in mid summer and snow in the winter) except at the higher elevations.
Death Valley is a rain shadow desert in the U.S. It is in the rain shadow effect of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
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No, but much of the agricultural land is water dependent and marginal at best without irrigation.Clarification:Much of western Colorado lies in what is known as the Colorado Plateau Desert. From about Grand Junction west to the Utah border is desert and semi-arid land.
Ladakh is the highest plateau of state of Kashmir with much of it being over 3,000 m (9,800 ft). Ladakh is a high altitude desert as the Himalayas create a rain shadow.
Arizona is considered part of the Desert Plateau.