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About 2/3s the deserts are hot. Others are classified as cold deserts, cool coastal deserts or cold winter deserts.
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Are deserts always very hot dry places?
No, there are cold deserts, such as Antarctica, which is bitter cold, and the Atacama Desert which is a cool desert and not hot. Even hot deserts have seasons when they are much cooler.
Why is it always hot in a desert?
There are hot deserts and there are cold deserts so it is not always hot in a desert. The Antarctic Desert stays below the freezing mark even in summer. Some deserts are hot during the day but get quite chilly at night.
Is the desert still hot even in winter?
No, deserts that are hot during the summer are much cooler in the winter, especially in cold winter deserts.
What are the names of the two types of deserts?
The two main deserts I assume you are talking about is hot and cold deserts. The difference between them is temperature (warm moderate summers for hot deserts, low rainfall.) Cold deserts may have snowfall and much lower temperatures in the winter. Summers in cold deserts may get quite hot, however.
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.
Why are deserts naturally hot?
Not all deserts are hot. There are also polar deserts, cold winter deserts as well as cool coastal deserts.
What is the main difference between hot and cold desert besides temperate?
the main difference between a hot and cold desert is the animals
What types of desert are there?
There are two major classes of deserts:Hot Deserts such as the Sahara, the Arabian Desert and the Mojave Desert.Cold Deserts such as Antarctica, the Gobi Desert and the Patagonian Desert.
Are all the deserts the same?
No, there are two major types of desert - hot and cold.
Is there a desert there in Ireland?
Precipitation defines a desert, not temperature. The largest desert in the world is Antarctica, the coldest place on earth. A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation per year on average. Ireland receives much too much rain to have any deserts.
What are the hot deserts in the US?
The Mojave, Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts are hot (tropical) deserts. All others are cold winter deserts.
Do hot deserts and cold deserts have oases?
YEs, both hot and cold deserts may have oases.
