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Generally, deserts located furthest from the tropics are cold deserts. The closer to the tropics, the warmer the desert. Some are considered cold because they are at a higher altitude and others considered as cool desert because they are on a coastline that has cold ocean currents just off shore
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∙ 14y agoThe hot deserts are usually between the two tropics and the cold deserts are usually out and away from the tropics.
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Are Polar deserts are hot or cold deserts?
cold
Do hot deserts and cold deserts have oases?
YEs, both hot and cold deserts may have oases.
What kind of deserts are there?
There are hot deserts, such as the Sahara, Mojave and Kalahari and there are cold deserts such as Antarctica, the Gobi and the Patagonian Deserts.
What types of desert are there?
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.
What are the kinds of deserts?
Deserts are classified as either hot or cold deserts. Some cold deserts may get quite hot in the summer but are very cold in the winter.
What is difference in hot desserts and cold deserts?
Hot deserts are usually sandy. Cold deserts are usually rocky
How much of deserts are hot?
About 2/3s the deserts are hot. Others are classified as cold deserts, cool coastal deserts or cold winter deserts.
Are all the deserts the same?
No, there are two major types of desert - hot and cold.
What are the names of the two types of deserts?
The two main deserts I assume you are talking about is hot and cold deserts. The difference between them is temperature (warm moderate summers for hot deserts, low rainfall.) Cold deserts may have snowfall and much lower temperatures in the winter. Summers in cold deserts may get quite hot, however.
What are the types of deserts?
There are hot, subtropical deserts, polar deserts, cold winter deserts and cool coastal deserts.
Are all desert biomes hot?
No, there are hot deserts, cool deserts and cold deserts. Antarctica is the largest desert in the world and it is bitterly cold there.
How do you find hot deserts?
deserts are hot during the day and cold at night
