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While not common in hot deserts, snow has fallen in even the hottest of deserts such as the Mojave, Sahara, Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts. It is even more common in the cold deserts, especially in the Antarctic Desert, Great Basin Desert and the Colorado Plateau Desert.
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∙ 10y agoa desert is defined as "an area with less then 250 mm of rain per year"
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What type of desert gets snow instead of rain?
A desert is defined by the amount of precipitation it gets. It can and does snow in some deserts. The Antarctic Desert is the largest in the world and they get snow there. Others where it may snow are the Gobi Desert, Patagonian Desert, Great Basin Desert, Karakum Desert, Colorado Plateau, and Kyzyl Kum.
When will the snow fall in Beijing?
no snow will fall this month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can snow fall in Trinidad?
I don't think it can
What is the name of the smallest snow desert?
iceland
What is the difference between deserts and glaciers?
A glacier and a desert are both void of drinkable water that is easily accessed. There are both areas that animals have had to adapt to live in. A desert just has little rain fall and is hot, a glacier has little snow fall but has lots of frozen water that is of no use for drinking. It is very cold on a glacier as it is ice.
What falls out of the sky in the desert?
Depending upon the location of the desert, rain, hail, sleet or even snow may fall in the desert.
What kind of precipitation is in the desert biome?
Rain, snow, sleet and hail may fall in the desert, depending on location.
What type of desert gets snow instead of rain?
A desert is defined by the amount of precipitation it gets. It can and does snow in some deserts. The Antarctic Desert is the largest in the world and they get snow there. Others where it may snow are the Gobi Desert, Patagonian Desert, Great Basin Desert, Karakum Desert, Colorado Plateau, and Kyzyl Kum.
What kind of precipitation falls in the desert?
Rain, hail, snow and sleet can fall in most deserts.
What type of precipitation falls in the desert?
Depending upon the specific desert and season of the year, a desert may receive rain, sleet, hail, graupel or snow.
What kind of precipitation occurs in a desert?
Depending upon the particular desert and season of the year precipitation can fall as rain, hail, sleet, snow or graupel.
Is Palmdale in the Mojave Desert?
Yes, Palmdale is located in the High Desert, where the summers are very hot and dry, and winters are cool and windy with snow fall possible.
What is the coldest desert with snow?
Antarctica is the coldest desert that receives snow.
Can a desert have sand and snow?
Yes, even a sandy desert can have snow.
Does snow ever fall on the Sahara desert?
For the only time in recorded weather history, snow fell in the Sahara desert in southern Algeria on February 18, 1979. The storm lasted only half an hour and the snow was gone within hours. ------------ Snow fell again in the Algerian Sahara in January and February of 2012.
How much snow is there in a desert in the summer?
The only desert with snow in the summer is Antarctica.
Does it snow in the Mojave Desert?
Yes, it does snow in the Mojave Desert but it is a rare event.
