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Because Antarctica is a "polar" region, there is no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent. Average temperatures in the Antarctic interior get down to -70 degrees Celsius during the winter months and -35 degrees Celsius in the warmer months. The coastal temperatures are much warmer with a range of -15 to -32 Celsius in Winter and -5 to +5 Celsius in Summer. The interior of Antarctica is considered the world's driest desert because the extreme cold freezes water vapour out of the air. Annual snowfall on the polar plateau is equivalent to less than 5 cm of rain. Antarctica has some of the strongest winds on earth, with some winds reaching 320 kph.
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Is Antarctica cold or hot?
Antarctica is cold.
How hot at Antarctica?
very cold
Is Antarctica a hot country?
No, it's cold.
Is Antarctica very cold or is very hot?
Antarctica is the coldest place in the world.
Is Italy in Antarctica?
Italy is a hot country in the Mediterranean Sea. Antarctica is a cold country at the South Pole.
Where continent have no hot desert area?
Antarctica has a cold desert area.
Are places below the equator cold or hot?
That depends on how far below the equator you mean. Yes, Antarctica is cold, but southernKenya is pretty hot
Are all desert biomes hot?
No, there are hot deserts, cool deserts and cold deserts. Antarctica is the largest desert in the world and it is bitterly cold there.
What kind of deserts are there?
There are hot deserts, such as the Sahara, Mojave and Kalahari and there are cold deserts such as Antarctica, the Gobi and the Patagonian Deserts.
Are there dry hot deserts anywhere in Antarctica?
No, the entire Antarctic Desert, which covers nearly all of Antarctica, is a cold, dry desert.
Is the desert warmer?
Some deserts are hot but others, such as the Atacama Desert and Antarctica are cool or even bitter cold.
Is it hot or cold in Antarctica?
The Antarctic is a region that contains the continent Antarctica. Antarctica is considered a desert, with annual precipitationof only 200 mm (8 inches) along the coast and far less inland.
