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What is on the ground in cold deserts?
With the exception of Antarctica, which is primarily cover by ice and snow, most cold deserts are covered by soil, sand and gravel as well as some plant life.
What are the kinds of deserts?
Deserts are classified as either hot or cold deserts. Some cold deserts may get quite hot in the summer but are very cold in the winter.
Is a sagebrush a desert plant?
In some deserts, particularly the cold winter deserts or North America, there are sage plants. However, it is more common in areas with more rainfall.
Is the desert hot or cold?
Some deserts are classified as hot deserts - the Sahara, Arabian, Mojave, Chihuahuan, Sonoran for example. Some deserts are classified as cold, or cold winter, deserts - Antarctica, Great Basin, Gobi, Patagonian. Some are classified as cool coastal deserts - Atacama, Namib, for example
Why is the desert sometimes classified as hot or cold?
Some deserts are hot, some are cold, depending upon the geographic location. Some cold deserts can be quite hot during the summer but are bitterly cold during the winter (Gobi Desert, Great Basin Desert). Some deserts are cold all year long (Antarctic Desert). Some are quite cool all year long because they are locate on the coast near cold ocean currents (Atacama and Namb Deserts). Some deserts are hot in the summer but have mild winters (Sahara and Mojave Deserts). Geography determines the climate of a desert.
Do cold deserts have seasons?
Not necessarily. Some cold deserts can get quite hot in the summer. A couple examples are the Great Basin Desert and the Gobi Desert. However, the winters in these deserts can get bitterly cold unlike hot deserts which usually remain quite pleasant in the winter.
What are facts about coldness?
some facts about cold deserts are they are cold and mostly no plants can grow their unlike hot deserts with cactuses
Are desert climates hot and dry all year?
No, some deserts are cold all year long. Other deserts have a pronounced winter season when it can get quite cold. All deserts experience a period of cooler weather during the winter.
What are some features of cold deserts?
In a cold deserts features like snow and mountains are included, and animals that are habitat-ed in areas such as this and very strong air.
Are deserts ever cold?
yes, deserts can become very cold, and in some cases may even drop below freezing
Do people that live in deserts have winter?
Yes, deserts have winter. Some deserts can be very cold in winter even if summers are hot. Some deserts are quite mild in winter.
What are some types of desert surfaces?
There are actually two kinds of deserts - hot deserts and cold deserts, However, cold deserts is further subdivided into: Polar Deserts (eg: Antarctica) Cold Winter Deserts (eg: Gobi Desert) Cool Coastal Deserts (eg: Atacama Desert)
