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Lack of humidity and clouds cause the temperature extremes. Humidity and clouds act as a blanket which prevents an area from heating up as much during the day and cooling down as much when the sun sets.
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∙ 13y agoDeserts are closer to the equator, which is, as a result of the earth's curvature, closer to the sun (in the day).
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∙ 11y agoIt is the scarcity of water, that makes deserts an extreme environment.
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∙ 8y agoDeserts usually have very low relative humidity and few clouds. Without these factors the desert heats up quite rapidly during the day and cools off quickly after the sun sets.
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Does the desert get a lot of tornadoes?
Tornadoes do occur in deserts but they are rare as weather conditions conducive to tornado formation do not happen often in deserts.
What makes the habitat of a desert unique?
Deserts can provide little shelter from the sun and the heat. Offers challenges for animals and plants. Deserts have sudden intense rain fall that causes flooding. In deserts, the extreme maximum temperature ranges from 43.5-49 degrees C. Minimum temperature some times (but rarely) drop to -18 degrees C. Soils are course textured, shallow, rocky or gravely with good drainage and have no subsurface water. Our conclusion is deserts are dry and hot and have little to no available sources of water.
Which deserts is associated with Scotland?
There are areas of land which nothing grows but these are scattered widely.
Why are there no deserts in Ireland?
Ireland is not hot enough. It is too far north of the equator to have the kind of climate for a desert. It gets a lot of rain and can get some cold weather, so there aren't the conditions for deserts to form.
What are the release dates for The Weather Channel Weekend View - 2006 Extreme Cold and Your Car?
The Weather Channel Weekend View - 2006 Extreme Cold and Your Car was released on: USA: 4 January 2014
What can you put for the E in an acrostic poem for deserts?
Extreme weather
Why is Greenland an example of an extreme environment?
Greenland is an example of a extreme environment because the weather conditions and the arctic deserts that surrond it.
What types of extreme weather are found in the desert?
Yes. Deserts, as they are commonly thought of (sand, sun, etc.) are home to intense heat in the daytime and surprising cold in the nighttime. Many deserts experience long-term drought and occasional sandstorms.
What are some possible extreme weather events in deserts?
Blizzards (rare, but they happen)Severe thunderstormsHail stormsDust Storms
What are 2 extreme types of deserts?
Hot subtropical deserts and polar deserts are extreme. Subtropical deserts are generally very hot while polar deserts are very cold.
What makes extreme weather stops?
Eventually, extreme weather systems ultimately run out of energy. hurricanes eventually dissipate, tornados are short-lived, and thunderstorms run out of power.
What weather does extreme weather happen?
Extreme weather happens every where in the world when the weather gets bad.
What is the climate found through out the year in a desert?
Deserts are usually subjected to extreme types of weather. During daytime there is a lot of heat and it becomes freezing by night-time.
Can submarine operate in extreme weather?
Submarines are not affected by extreme weather.
Is a typhoon a extreme weather?
Yes, a typhoon is an example of extreme weather.
What cause extreme weather?
Extreme weather is a result from climate changes by the rising temperatures. Extreme weather can cause loss of human life or destruction.
What is the term for regions with extreme dry climate?
Deserts.
