One: Antarctica.
All continents have named deserts. Antarctica has the Antarctic Desert. Even Europe has several small regional deserts and each has a name
Deserts are classified as either being hot or cold. The Sahara is a hot desert, the Atacama and Antarctic are classified as cold deserts.
There are cold or cool deserts in Asia, South America, North America, Africa and Antactica.
Yes, there are plants in cold deserts. Even some sheltered parts of the Antarctic Desert have a few lichens, mosses and algae.
Yes. Deserts are areas which receive almost no precipitation - less than 250mm per year. This includes the Antarctic and Arctic deserts, which are cold, but also more well known deserts such as the Sahara and Gobi deserts.
Since deserts are frequently shared by more than one country, it is easier to list what continents have cold deserts:AntarcticaSouth AmericaNorth AmericaAsiaAfrica
There are:Hot subtropical deserts (eg: Sahara) Polar deserts (eg: Antarctic Desert) Cold winter deserts (eg: Gobi Desert) Cool coastal deserts (eg: Atacama Desert)
There are two major classes of deserts:Hot Deserts such as the Sahara, the Arabian Desert and the Mojave Desert.Cold Deserts such as Antarctica, the Gobi Desert and the Patagonian Desert.
There are two categories of deserts: hot desertsand cold desertsExamplesHot sub tropical deserts - Sahara, Arabian Desert, Thar Desert, Mojave DesertCold winter deserts - Antarctic Desert, Gobi Desert, Great Basin Desert Under the cold desert heading we also include cool coastal deserts including the Atacama, Namib and Sechura.
There are deserts on all seven continents. For a list of the major desert areas of the world and their locations, click on this link.
Africa is one of the continents that have famous deserts. One, as example is the Sahara Desert. It stretches east to west in the Northern part of Africa.
Yes, some deserts are cold. The Antarctic is bitterly cold the year round. The Patagonian Desert is quite cool all year while others, such as the Gobi or Great Basin will be very hot in the summer but very cold in the winter. A third group of cold deserts are the cool coastal deserts, such as the Atacama and the Namib, where cold coastal currents tend to moderate the climate and keep it cool