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Antarctica is a tundra remember a tundra is a place that is treeless or plantless
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Antarctica is a desert. Tundra is biome classification that does not apply to Antarctica.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 8y agoTundra definitions include botany, of which on Antarctica, there is none.
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∙ 11y agoDeserts exist on less than 25 cm of precipitation a year. The average precipitation in Antarctica is 16.6 cm per year. By that definition Antarctica is a desert.
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∙ 9y agoNo. The ice sheet covers 98% of the continent.
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∙ 8y agoAntarctica is the driest continent on Earth, a polar desert.
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∙ 8y agoAntarctica is best described as a desert while the Arctic is best described as open sea, sea ice and areas of tundra.
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∙ 9y agoNo, it's too cold.
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Is Antarctica a tundra or prairie?
Antarctica is polar. It is a desert. It is not tundra, nor is it a prairie.
Why is antarctica a frozen desert and not a tundra?
Antarctica is by encyclopedia definition a polar desert.
Is Antarctica a desert and tundra?
Both
Which type of desert are Siberia and Antarctica?
Siberia is not a desert. It is composed of taiga and tundra. Antarctica is a cold winter or polar desert.
Much of Antarctica is considered what type of biome desert forest grassland tundra?
Most of Antarctica is a desert, although the Antarctic Peninsula does have some characteristics of a polar tundra.
Is there permafrost in a semiarid desert?
Only Antarctica or the tundra would have permafrost.
4 countries that are in the Antarctica tundra zone?
There are no countries in Antarctica. The continent is considered a desert, with a small tundra zone. There is tundra zone on some sub-Antarctic islands. You can read more, below.
Much of Antarctica is considered what type of biome is it tundra desert forests or grasslands?
Believe it or not, with all of that frozen water around, Antarctica is considered to be desert.
Is antarctica part of the Tundra?
There is tundra in Antarctica.
Are the North and South Poles considered deserts?
The South Pole, which is located in Antarctica, is a desert. The North Pole is not located on a continent but on sea ice so cannot be considered as a desert. Continental lands that do surround the Arctic would be considered as tundra.
Do humans live in Alaska's arctic desert?
Actually, Alaska has a lot of tundra in the northern part of the state but this is a distinct biome and not a true desert. Antarctica is a true desert however. People do live in the Arctic Tundra, however.
Is the Arctic desert the coldest biome?
There is no 'Arctic Desert.' The Arctic is primarily sea ice with some land areas of tundra. While tundra shares some characterisitcs with the desert, it is a different biome. Antarctica, however, is true desert and the coldest biome on earth.
