That would depend on the country, even though they may live in the same climatic zone different people in different countries have different cultures.
how does water scarcity affect the lives of people in the cold and hot deserts
The population of people living in cold deserts varies depending on the specific region. Cold deserts, such as the Gobi Desert in Mongolia and the Great Basin Desert in the United States, have populations ranging from sparse to moderate, with some areas having small settlements and others being uninhabited.
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There are two major classes of deserts:Hot Deserts such as the Sahara, the Arabian Desert and the Mojave Desert.Cold Deserts such as Antarctica, the Gobi Desert and the Patagonian Desert.
There are hot deserts, such as the Sahara, Mojave and Kalahari and there are cold deserts such as Antarctica, the Gobi and the Patagonian 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.
Yes, deserts have winter. Some deserts can be very cold in winter even if summers are hot. Some deserts are quite mild in winter.
The two main deserts I assume you are talking about is hot and cold deserts. The difference between them is temperature (warm moderate summers for hot deserts, low rainfall.) Cold deserts may have snowfall and much lower temperatures in the winter. Summers in cold deserts may get quite hot, however.
No, there are two major types of desert - hot and cold.
About 2/3s the deserts are hot. Others are classified as cold deserts, cool coastal deserts or cold winter deserts.
There are no cold deserts in Australia. All of the deserts in Australia are hot subtropical deserts.
YEs, both hot and cold deserts may have oases.