Sahara?
Eastern Europe remains largely agricultural and little industrialized.
A barren or desolate area, especially:a. A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation.b. A region of permanent cold that is largely or entirely devoid of life.c. An apparently lifeless area of water.2. An empty or forsaken place; a wasteland: a cultural desert.3. Archaic A wild, uncultivated, and uninhabited region.adj.1. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or inhabiting a desert: desert fauna.2. Barren and uninhabited; desolate: a desert island.
Largely, yes.
rain shadow
A Desert.
Rainfall! The desert receives little and the rainforest receives copious amounts.
It receives very little direct sunlight.
rain shadow
rain shadow
The desert is the term for a large land area that receives little rain. Almost every continent has a desert except for Antarctica.
The answer depends on the amount of rainfall the particular desert receives. The Atacama Desert receives very little rainfall so has little plant life. On the other hand, the Sonoran Desert receives more rainfall and has much more plant life.
A plain