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Their both arid regions but the main difference is steppes are high altitude plateaus and receive a little more rainfall, enough to typically sustain grass and possibly short hardy trees and shrubs such as in Mongolia or Western China. They tend to be cold regions with short summers as well. Deserts receive little rainfall, or the bulk of their rain during the summer when it's hot and may receive it suddenly where a lot of it flows away in gullies. Deserts can be at high or low altitude, behind or on the leeward side of mountains (Nevada,Utah,Arizona), along coasts w/ cold ocean currents (Mexico,Chile, Peru) and deserts can be hot by day and cold by night (Sahara) or cold most of the year as in Antarctica or Mars.
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What is the major difference between deserts and steppes?
Steppes receive greater annual rainfall
What are two dry climate types?
There are deserts and steppes.
What is the main difference between deserts and steppes?
Steppes are unforested grassland and receive more rainfall than a desert.
What are two types of dry climates?
There are deserts and steppes.
What landforms are found in the semi arid desert?
Deserts are arid, not semiarid. Grasslands are semiarid as are steppes. There are no semiarid deserts.
Name central Asia's three main physical features?
Highlands, deserts, and steppes.
Earth's low-latitude deserts and steppes coincide with what pressure belts?
Subtropical Highs
Where do Tawnet eagles live?
Tawny eagles live in Africa and Asia. The tawny eagle prefers to live in savannahs, deserts, plains, steppes and semi-deserts.
What animals live in the semiarid desert?
There is no such place as the semiarid desert. Deserts are arid. Grasslands are semiarid as are steppes.
What temperature is in the deserts and steppes?
Each desert and each steppe has its own climate statistics. There is no single answer to your question.
What are the wind conditions like in a semiarid desert?
Deserts are arid, not semiarid. Semiarid would be other biomes such as the grasslands or steppes.
What is an example of commensalism in the semi arid desert?
Deserts are arid. There is no such thing as a 'semi-arid' desert. Semi-arid regions are steppes or grasslands.
