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What is the worlds largest polar desert which is also a continent?
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The largest and coldest desert in the world is the continent of Antarctica.
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What is the largest non polar desert is the?
The Sahara on the African continent is the largest nonpolar desert.
Where is the largest polar desert?
The largest Polar desert is in ... Antarctica!
What is the largest non-polar desert in the world and where is it?
The largest non polar desert is the Sahara which is located in northern Africa.
What is the overall health of the polar desert in Antarctica?
The overall health of the polar desert on the Antarctic continent is healthy.
Where is the largest non-polar desert in the world located?
The Sahara in northern Africa is the largest non-polar desert in the world.
What is a cold polar desert?
Antarctica is a cold polar desert. It is the coldest, driest and largest desert on earth.
Antarctica is the biggest what?
Antarctica is the largest polar desert on earth; the largest storage area for ice on earth -- and that ice stores the largest extent of fresh water on earth. It is also the highest continent.
Is the ocean the worlds largest desert?
A desert is defined as no permanent surface water and no regular rainfall, so Antarctica qualifies. Because Antarctica is a "polar" region, there is no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent. The interior of Antarctica is considered the world's driest desert because the extreme cold freezes water vapour out of the air. Annual snowfall on the polar plateau is equivalent to less than 5 cm of rain. At 14,000,000 square kilometers, Antarctica is earth's largest desert.
How many deserts in Antarctica?
Because Antarctica is a "polar" region, there is no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent. Antarctica is the world's largest desert.All of the continent of Antarctica is considered a desert. It is the driest continent on earth.
Second largest desert?
The second largest desert in the world is the Arctic desert, a polar desert that covers over 5,300,00 square miles.
How warm can the Antarctic desert get?
The Antarctic desert is a polar desert, and is not 'warm' at all. Antarctica is the coldest continent on earth.
What is the biggest desert that is not in Antarctica?
The Arctic Desert is the second largest desert after Antarctica, but it is only about 100,000 km2 smaller than the Antarctic Desert. Disregarding any polar deserts, the Sahara is the largest desert (third largest desert total) and is less than 2/3 the size of both polar deserts.
