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Actually Antarctica is a desert, it's arid with only about five percent humidity. Plus it is exceptionally cold.
By comparison, the Sahara desert in Africa is rated at from 25% to 30% humidity.
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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 Antarctica a prairie a desert or a forest?
yes it is but desert doesn't mean hot. It means dry, and I mean like phoenix dry because i live in that oven.
Does Antarctica have a dry and wet season?
Antarctica does have a dry and wet season, but the wet season consists mainly of snow. It doesn't rain in Antarctica, and Antarctica is a desert, so there is not much snow.Another AnswerAntarctica is a desert and thus has no wet season.
Much of antarctica is considered what type of biome?
Antarctica is considered a dry desert.. this means the biome is a desert! also 98% of Antarctica is covered with ice !
Are the world's dry lands always hot?
No, Antarctica is what they call a cold desert. literally. it is a desert which makes it dry.
What is a very dry land called?
A desert.
What is the wheather in Antarcitca?
Extremely dry. Antarctica is a cold desert.
Which the coldest desert on the Earth where is it?
McMurdo Dry Valley, Antarctica
What continent is hot and dry?
Antarctica. There is a desert drier than Australia which is the Atacama desert in Chile in South America but Antarctica can be much drier than the Atacama desert especially the Mc Murdo Dry Valleys
What continent is primarily a desert?
Australia.Actually, Antarctica is a cold, dry desert and occupies almost all of the continent.
What is the driest place in Antarctica?
Humidity in Antarctica is about five percent, which means that all of the continent is dry. Antarctica is the driest continent, and is considered a desert.
Is a desert cold and dry?
Yes, they are dry. Many of them are also cold at night, depending on latitude and season.
