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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.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 9y agoRain in the desert if a very seldom thing. On average a desert gets about ten inches of rain per year.
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What do desert animals do when it rains?
Desert animals stay dry when it rains. When the rain stops, they come out to drink water.
What causes a rain shadow desert?
A rainshadow desert is an area of land that doesn't get a lot of rain due to tall mountain ranges. Therefore, the mountain is causing little rain to fall on the side of the mountain, which causes there to be a shadow behind the mountains. HA!!!
What is the difference between northern forest topsoil desert topsoil and prairie topsoil?
desert soil is dry and prairie gets an average amount of rain
What desert in Chile includes areas where no rainfall has ever been recorded?
The Atacama Desert rarely has rain and some areas of the desert have received no rian in centuries.
Why is the Sahara Desert the driest place in the world?
The Atacama and Antarctic are the driest deserts, not he Sahara. The Atacama is so dry because the Andes mountains act as a block that prevents moisture from the Amazon and Atlantic from crossing into Chile and Peru, this forming a desert. The temperature in Antarctica is so very cold that the air can hold very little moisture that could form snow. It also does not have a source of warm oceanic water to act as a moisture supply for forming rain clouds.
What is a dry barren place where rain rarely falls?
a Desert
Which of these terms means a dry barren land where little rain falls?
desert
How much rain falls in steppes?
Well, a steppe is the dry area surrounding a desert, so they get more rain than a desert but less than us. The average rainfall in a steppe is from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 51cm) a year.
Where is a dry area where little rain falls?
In Namibia.
What is a very dry area with little rain?
desert
What type of environment is directly east of the mountains?
Arid to desert. This is in the rain shadow, so all the rain falls on the west side of the mountains and very dry conditions ensue on the east side of the mountains.
What does it mean when the desert is the rain shadow of the mountain?
Mountain ranges can block moisture from reaching the interior of continents. Moist air is forced upward where it condenses and falls as rain or snow on the windward side of the mountains. The leeward side remains dry and a rain shadow desert forms. See the image above.
How does rainforest change to desert?
if the it will rain the desert will grow but if it stays dry then it it will fade away
What natural input goes into a tropical rain forest ecosystem but not into a dry desert?
Rain.
Where does it rain least and why?
in the desert because it atmosphere is very dry
Where are places that are dry hot and windy?
Desert+Dosen't Rain+ Desert+Sunny+ Desert+Sand Storms= Texas Or Arazonia
What is the most rain a dry desert has received?
28 centimeters of rainfall :)
