It will lift up sand and dust. "Sand tornadoes," which are technically dust devils rather than actual tornadoes, usually occur in deserts anyway.
A sand storm is also known as a dust storm. These storms can occur anywhere but mainly happen where there are large amounts of sand. The Sahara desert has hundreds of sand storms every year.
The soil of the desert is heated by the sun. It, in turn, heats the air above it. This hot air rises, sometimes taking on a tornado shape, and whirls along the desert picking up dust and sand.
In North America a swirling column of sand is called a dust devil. It resembles a tornado in appearance but does not extend to a cloud base and the winds are not nearly as strong.
Sand, sand, and desert sand
No. A "sand tornado" (which is a dust devil, not an actual tornado) will move in whatever direction the wind around it is blowing.
It would be covered in sand and eevrything would be brown sand color just an inferance................ :)
A hill of sand in a desert is normally referred to as a dune
The Arabian Desert is the largest sand desert.
Beach sand is definitely different from desert sand. Beach sand is made up of many different particles not found in desert sand.
The largest sand desert is the Arabian Desert in Asia.
The sand in the desert is usually quite dry and has few plants to hold the soil in place. Therefore, when the wind blows it is able to lift the sand and dust into the air forming a dust storm.
Sand is on the desert.