Yes. Antarctica is a dry polar region with about five percent humidity, no liquid lakes or rivers, it is the driest continent on earth.
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.
Yes. The definition of a desert is - no permanent surface water, no regular rainfall. Antarctica easily qualifies as a desert. Because Antarctica is a "polar" region, there is no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent. The interior of Antarctica is considered the world's driest desert because the extreme cold freezes water vapour out of the air.
Antarctica receives very little precipitation annually so is classified as a desert.
Nearly the entire continent of Antarctica is desert, the largest desert in the world.
Yes, Antarctica is a desert. A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches of precipitation per year on average. Antarctica meets that definition.
The Arctic is sea water; the continent of Antarctica is considered a desert because of its low humidity.
Antarctica is a polar desert; a continent covered with ice but with only about five percent humidity.
A desert is defined as an area where less than 250mm rain falls annually. Being a frozen, barren region, less than 250mm of precipitation in any form is able to fall in the Antarctic.
A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250mm) of precipitation per year on average. Antarctica fits this description.
The Antarctic Desert is a polar or ice desert.
The Antarctic Desert is the largest desert on earth.
The largest desert in the world is the Antarctic Desert.
The Gobi Desert of China and Mongolia is the northernmost desert on earth. The Antarctic Desert is the southernmost.
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The Antarctic Desert is the largest desert on earth.The Antarctic Desert is the largest desert on earth.
The Antarctic Desert is a polar or ice desert.
The largest desert is the Antarctic Desert. It is located on the continent of Antarctica.The largest desert is the Antarctic Desert. It is located on the continent of Antarctica.
The Antarctic Desert is the desert of Antarctica.
No its in the Antarctic
The Antarctic desert is 13.7 million squared kilometers. This is the 3rd largest desert.
Both the Antarctic Desert and the Simpson Desert have low precipitation levels.
The Antarctic desert is a polar desert, and is not 'warm' at all. Antarctica is the coldest continent on earth.
The largest desert in the world is the Antarctic Desert which covers nearly all of the Antarctic continent.
The largest desert in the world is the Antarctic Desert which covers nearly all of the Antarctic continent.
The Antarctic Desert is 14,000,000 square kilometers or 5,600,000 square miles.
The Antarctic Desert is the largest desert in the world. The Sahara is the largest hot desert.