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During years of heavy rainfall in the distant past, enough water accumulated in basins found throughout the Andes to create lakes. Some of the lakes got their water from melting glaciers at the end of the last ice age. But in some lakes in the Andes mountains, such as Atacama, more water is lost through evaporation than is replaced by rainfall so the lakes are drying up. As the water evaporates, the mineral salts in the water become more concentrated, creating very salty water.
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How are halophytes able to tolerate salty soil?
The halophytes are able to tolerate salty soil because they can concentrate salt in their root cells and the high salt concentration keeps water from diffusing out of the cells into the surrounding salty soil.
A plant adapted to growing in salty soils?
A halophyte is a plant that can survive salty soil.
What is desert soil made up of?
It is mae up of soil particles in a desert
Why is a soil profile in a tropical rain forest different from desert?
in a tropical rainforest the soil is darker than the soil in the desert the soil is lighter
What kind of soil does the savanna have?
Desert soil
What is the soil they use in the desert?
The Desert Soil
Does desert has soil?
No desert has sand not soil.
What is the soil in the US desert?
The Desert Soil
How are halophytes able to tolerate salty soil?
The halophytes are able to tolerate salty soil because they can concentrate salt in their root cells and the high salt concentration keeps water from diffusing out of the cells into the surrounding salty soil.
What is the soil profile for the desert?
The soil in a desert is dry and sandy.
A plant adapted to growing in salty soils?
A halophyte is a plant that can survive salty soil.
Is there rich soil in the desert?
absolutly not! the desert is full of sand not soil there fore rick soil would not be found in the desert
Does the desert have freshwater or saltwater?
Deserts can have fresh water but some of lakes that are salty, very salty.
What is desert soil made up of?
It is mae up of soil particles in a desert
Why is a soil profile in a tropical rain forest different from desert?
in a tropical rainforest the soil is darker than the soil in the desert the soil is lighter
Where is desert soil found in India?
Desert soil is found in Rajasthan and parts of Gujarat
What might be the effect of replacing a desert's soil with grassland soil?
If you replace it the desert wouldn't be the desert, it would have tons of trees and plants that need rich soil. Though, the desert heat would still dry up the soil and make it dry and cracked mud. So it's really no use trying to replace the desert's soil with grassland soil.
