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Yes, especially when one considers that Antarctica is a cold desert and add to that other cold deserts such as the Gobi, the Great Basin, the Taklamakan, the Patagonian and others.
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What kind of weather is in a cold desert?
That would depend upon which cold desert. The Antarctic Desert can drop to -130 degrees F in winter. The Gobi Desert has been known to drop to more than -40 degrees F in winter. Even the Great Basin Desert and the Colorado Plateau Desert have been known to drop well below zero F in winter.
In what way is the desert different from the steppe climate?
Temperate deserts of continental regions have low rainfall and strong temperature contrasts between summer and winter. Subtropical deserts usually have a very hot summer but a mild winter. Temperate deserts may be quite hot in summer, also, but have winters that can be bitterly cold.
Do more people die in the desert than of dehydration?
More people drown in the desert than by dehydration.
Is an oasis a fertile region in a desert?
An oasis is probably no more fertile than the desert that surrounds it. However, it does have a permanent water source that allows more plants to grow than in the surrounding desert.
What is a name of a desert in Antarctica?
The Antarctician desert is a cold place in Antarctica with no water on the surface. It is the biggest desert in the world. It has a totally different temperature to other deserts, for it is cold all year round. The Antarctician Desert is bigger than the United States.
What biome is cold but has no more precipation than the desert?
The tundra has about the same precipitation as a desert.
What land is more than 90 percent desert?
Niger
What is the difference between the Simpson Desert and the Atacama Desert?
The Atacama Desert is a cold desert while the Simpson is a hot desert. The Simpson has more rainfall and, thus, more vegetation and animal life than the Atacama.
Is the cold war a land war?
"Cold War" is more a political condition than any kind of a land war.
What is a fertile land in a desert?
An oasis is a small area in a desert with a permanent water source that allows for more plant life than in the surrounding desert.
Why are cold desert climates drier than hot desert climates?
they cold bec of what is under it the mantle is veryt cold that why
What do you call a fertile land in the desert?
An oasis is a small area of the desert with a permanent water source that supports more plant life than the surrounding desert.
What is called a fertile land in desert?
An oasis is a small area in a desert with a permanent water supply that allows more plants to grow than in the surrounding desert.
Can a cold place be a cold desert?
A desert is defined by rainfall, less than 10 inches per year. Yes, there are cold deserts. The largest and coldest desert in the world is the Antarctic Desert.
How is the land around the nile than land in Egypt?
The land around the Nile river is fertile where in land there are more desert lands. Hope this helps all of you!:)
How cold is a cold desert?
During the winter- pretty cold (-40°) during a hot summer day pretty hot: 50° C. Antarctica, the largest cold desert, can have temperatures that plunge to more than minus 100 degrees F.
Which is the coldest - the Sahara or the Gobi?
The Sahara Desert is hotter than the Atacama Desert, it's larger than the Atacama Desert and it has more life, but the Atacama Desert is much drier. The Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth, with an average of less than a millimetre of the rain.
