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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.
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Which habitat was the coldest or warmest?
The Arctic habitat is generally considered the coldest, with temperatures reaching as low as -50°C. The hottest habitat is the Desert biome, where temperatures can exceed 50°C during the day.
What is the coldest biome in the world?
Earth's coldest biome is called the tundra.
Where is the location of the Arctic Desert?
Most scientists do not recognize an Arctic Desert. The Arctic consists mostly of sea ice or areas of tundra - a distinct biome that differed from a desert. Antarctica, however, is recognized as a true polar desert.
Where is the Arctic Desert?
Actually, the Arctic is not really a desert. Most of it is sea ice and those parts that do occur on land are tundra which is a distinctly different biome. The Antarctic is a true desert, however.
Why is the Arctic not the most northern desert?
The Arctic is not considered to be desert as much of the Arctic is sea ice or open sea and some tundra. Tundra is a distinct biome in its own right. The Gobi Desert is considered the most northerly.
Is the Arctic a polar desert or a Arctic tundra?
Most of the Arctic is polar sea ice. The small amount of land in the Arctic is classified as tundra, a separate biome from deserts.
Why is the desert the coldest at sunrise?
Any biome will be coldest just before the dawn. The last of the heat absorbed the previous day will have been radiated off into space before the sun rises and starts to reheat the desert again.
Why are areas in Arctic classified as desert?
The Antarctic is considered as a true desert because of low precipitation. Much of the Arctic is sea and sea ice and those areas of land in the Arctic are covered mostly by tundra, a distinctly different biome than a desert.
What is the coldest desert in the world (outside Antarctica)?
The Gobi Desert is the 2nd coldest desert in the world. Located in Asia, the Gobi Desert can reach temperatures of -50 degrees fahrenheit. However the Arctic (which has an average temp of -29 to -34 degrees F) recorded the coldest temperature in an inhabited area at -90 degrees F.
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.
What is a biome for a desert?
Desert is the biome for a desert.
Which Biome is the coldest throughout the year?
Tundra Biome
