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What is the name for a desert area that gets some rainfall or where there is a spring?
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Most deserts receive some rainfall each year. However, the only area in a desert with a spring would be an oasis.
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What desert gets less than 0.5 inches of rainfall every year and is located on the Pacific coast?
The Atacama Desert of South America on the Pacific coast receives virtually no rainfall on average each year.
What percentage of rain falls in the dry desert?
Your question makes no sense. Rainfall is not measured in percent but in inches or millimeters. I desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (260 mm) of rainfall per year on average.
What is the average rainfall of the desert climate?
Each desert is different and has its own weather statistics. There is no 'one size fits all.' However, a desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation on average each year. Some deserts receive virtually no rainfall for years.
How many gallons of water does the desert get in a year?
A desert is defined as an area that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation per year on average. There are over two dozen major deserts in the world and each has its own climate statistics. Some deserts receive virtually no rain for decades. Others receive up to ten inches per year on average. With a particular location this answer could provide a more specific answer.
What season gets the most precipitation in the desert biome?
The rainy season varies from desert to desert. Some deserts primarily have a wet summer, others in the winter while some have a brief summer rainy season as well as a brief winter rainy season.
What is the name for name for a desert that gets some rainfall or where there is spring?
Most deserts receive some rainfall each year. However, the only area in a desert with a spring would be an oasis.
Why does the United Arab Emirates get little rainfall?
it gets little rainfall because it is a desert
what desert gets less than 0.5 inches of rainfall every year?
The Sahara desert
What is the average rainfall for the desert?
the wettest desert gets about 10 inches of rainfall a year
What is a area that gets very little rainfall and has a little plant life is called?
A general term would be a desert. Antarctic could be called a desert due to little rainfall, and very little plants, except near the coast during the slight summer thaw season (which is still cold).
Which biome gets nearly the same amount of precipitaition as the desert biome?
The tundra receives about the same average annual rainfall as a desert.
What might happen to a desert biome if the area received more rain than it normally receives over an extended period of time?
If a desert suddenly experiences a big rainfall, flash flooding can occur.
Which place on earth has the least rainfall?
Atacama desert Is the driest place in the world so I believe that gets the least rainfall.Added:::The Atacama Desert of Chile is the driest desert on earth... Thereare sections of the desert with an annual average rainfall of 0.6 mm....However that was not the question,the question is "which place on earth has the least rainfall" which according to NASA,National Geographic and several other institutes of science is in Antarctica in an area called the Dry Valleys, which have seen no rainfall for nearly 2 million years.There is absolutely no precipitation in this region and it makes up a 4800 square kilometer region..
Is ten millimetres of rain a lot?
It depends on the context. Ten millimeters in a day or a single rainfall event is a fairly substantial amount. Ten millimeters in an hour would be heavy rainfall event. An area that gets ten millimeters a year would be considered extreme desert
What desert gets less than 0.5 inches of rainfall every year and is located on the Pacific coast?
The Atacama Desert of South America on the Pacific coast receives virtually no rainfall on average each year.
What is the difference between arid and semiarid climate zones?
The difference between Arid and Deserts is pretty simple. It all boils down to how much precipitation the area gets. on average a desert area will receive no more then 5 inches of water a year. sometimes less. an arid area will receive far less water. if any at all.
How much rainfall Africa gets?
Africa is a continent with a wide variety of climatic regions ranging from the Sahara desert to the equatorial rain forest. No single meaningful rainfall number is available.
