The tundra biome is often called the frozen desert. this is because it gets little rain. But because of the the permanently frozen layer of soil under the ground (permafrost) it stays cooler than the desert biomes because the desert biomes would be very hot under tose huge sand dunes and all of the heat that the deserts are consuming to keep dry.
Both have low precipitation amounts as well as limited plant growth.
How are a pond and lake similar how do they diffrent
They both have the letter a in it.
desert is hot and tundra is cold
Some scientists consider tundra to be a cold desert. However, most consider tundra to be a distinct biome from the desert biome.
Desert and Tundra are the driest biomes.
desert
Subarctic Tundra Biome, Alpine Tundra Biome, and the Coastal Desert Biome. YAYA
a biome is a huge dry desert in the south west tundra
I think the desert biome
There is no 'Arctic Desert.' The Arctic is primarily sea ice with some land areas of tundra. While tundra shares some characterisitcs with the desert, it is a different biome. Antarctica, however, is true desert and the coldest biome on earth.
The tundra is sometimes referred to as a frozen desert.
the desert
tundra and desert
A biome is a major regional biological community such as that of a forest or a desert.
2 ways the tundra and desert are similar is that they are both cold at night and they can not support a lot of vegetation.