No, temperature has nothing to do with defining a desert. There are deserts where the temperature rarely rises above 0 degrees. A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation on average per year.
No, there are cold deserts, such as Antarctica, where daytime temperatures remain quite cold.
The climate at daytime at deserts is very hot while at midnight it is cold....
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*Rare clouds *low vegetation *little rainfall *etc. * high temperatures due to rapid radiation loss *Coarse sand soils because mechanical weathering dominates there due to high temperature and low rainfall
The main difference between a hot and cold desert is the difference of temperature. The Mojave Desert in California and the Sahara Desert in Africa are examples of hot deserts, where temperatures can soar above 110 degrees Fahrenheit. The continent of Antarctica and the Gobi Desert in China are examples of cold deserts, where temperatures can go below 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
Deserts get little rainfall and some of them are quite hot - but not all. There are cold deserts also.
Deserts have very high temperatures in the daytime, and lower temperatures in the nighttimes. In the day, the temperature can go over 105 degrees F.Clarification:Some deserts are hot but others, such as the Atacama Desert and Antarctica are cool or even bitter cold.
No, there are cold deserts, such as Antarctica, where daytime temperatures remain quite cold.
the feautures of hot deserts are- 1. very hot climate with low rainfall 2. vegetation cover is sparse. only cacti, palm and date trees are found. 3. Camel is the Ship Of The Desert. 4.high daytime temparetures and night time temperatures... these are the feautures of hot deserts :D
The climate at daytime at deserts is very hot while at midnight it is cold....
Not all deserts are hot. Some deserts are cold. Antarctica, for example, is technically mostly a desert. Deserts tend to have more extreme temperatures because they don't have much cloud cover. That means during the daytime, they get more sun, and at night, there's no cloud cover to reflect warmth back downward, so a lot of it escapes into space.
Most deserts experience their hottest temperatures in summer during the mid to late afternoon after the heat has built up during the day.
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Not all deserts are hot. However, the hottest temperatures are found in some deserts.
Deserts have very low humidity and very high temperatures, very low temperatures, or can alternate between the two. Heat and low humidity can cause fatal dehydration in a matter of hours. Low temperatures can cause hypothermia. Some deserts are prone to dust storms.
Antarctica is the coldest desert on earth.
Both of China's major deserts - the Taklamakan and the Gobi - are cold winter deserts. Summer temperatures can still get quite hot, however.