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There isn't much precipitation (Rain, snow, hail, sleet) in the Polar Regions because the air is too cold to contain much water vapour. In some parts of the Polar Regions it is as dry as the desert because rain has not fallen for a matter of years.
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What type of land receves very little rainfall?
Deserts receive little rainfall.
The desert is like the steppe climate except that is has?
Less Rainwarmer temperatures::NovaNet Answer
What are the causes of dryness in the desert?
A harsh climate, little rainfall.
What region has the lowest levels of rainfall?
Australia is the region with the lowest rainfall of all seen continents. Its frequent droughts can last for several seasons and this phenomenon is thought to be partly caused by the El Ni–o-Southern Oscillation.
The average precipitation fall of the transantarctic mountains?
None. Any rainfall in Antarctica is concentrated on the Antarctic Peninsula. The Trans-Antarctic mountains are too cold for rain. Plus, further inland, there is essentially no precipitation, that geography being a polar desert.
Why do some scientists consider the polar regions to be deserts?
A desert is an area with a small amount of precipitation (rainfall) per year. Since the polar regions are so cold they get next to no rainfall so are considered desert due to that fact.
What is the monthly rainfall in the desert?
Which desert
Months of least rainfall in the desert?
Which desert
Is the Patagonian Desert the only desert to have rainfall?
No
What is the average rainfall in the Painted Desert?
Average annual rainfall in the Painted Desert is about 6.36 inches.
Why can't desert soil absorb rainfall?
Desert soil does absorb a certain amount of rainfall.
Is the Mojave Desert a polar desert?
no polar is Antarctica and cold places
What type of land receves very little rainfall?
Deserts receive little rainfall.
How much rainfall does the Mohib Desert get?
There is a Mojave Desert and a Namib Desert but no Mohib Desert.
What is a region that has little or no rainfall?
The Atacama desert in South America has an average yearly rainfall of 1mm.
What is a cold polar desert?
Antarctica is a cold polar desert. It is the coldest, driest and largest desert on earth.
What desert in northern Chile includes areas with no rainfall?
Parts of the Atacama Desert have received no measurable rainfall in historic time.
