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Rain is a factor caused by wind patterns and temperatures. In many deserts, the rain is dropped on mountains nearby, eliminating the moisture from the air before it gets to the desert area. With little moisture in the area, vegetation doesn't grow, and what does works hard to retain the moisture within the plants. The soil also does not absorb the water that does come down and it runs off and away to places were the soil is more absorbant.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 10y agoClouds do 'precipitate' in the deserts. Sometimes, however, the air is so dry that the raindrops evaporate before they hit the ground (virga). However, overall the amount of rain in deserts is low compared to most other biomes because of the geography of the desert.
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∙ 12y agoAccualy there are clouds in the desert but there are very few of them.
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∙ 15y agoIt's so hot in the desert The rain evaporates quicker than it falls.
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∙ 12y agoThere's clouds in the desert, have you ever heard of a "Rain Shadow"?
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∙ 14y agoClouds are made of water vapor. Deserts are very dry places, hence, few clouds.
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∙ 9y agoDeserts have very low humidity from which clouds could form. High pressure in the atmosphere suppresses the building of clouds.
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∙ 8y agoClouds are formed by water. In a desert there is little water. Therefore there are little clouds in a desert.
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What plants are found in tropical deserts?
Cactus are a very common plant that is found in tropical deserts. Many types of wildflowers and the Joshua Tree grow in tropical deserts.
What clouds or wind make a hurricane?
Hurricanes are made as the sun heats tropical waters to form an area of very low pressure. Clouds form, and the Coriolis effect sets it spinning. The clouds in a hurricane are Cumulonimbus clouds (also known as Thunderheads or Thunderclouds)
What clouds are formed high in the atmosphere?
The highest clouds are polar mesospheric clouds, which, at heights from 76,000 to 85,000 m (altitude) are much higher than other types of clouds, such as cirrus and cumulonimbus. Cumulonimbus can exceptionally reach 23,000 m at the very top of a peaked formation, but these clouds normally form mainly within the 2,000 to 16,000 m range. Cirrus clouds, at a maximum height of about 18,000 m in tropical zones, are also much lower than polar mesosphericclouds.
What is the color of nimbus clouds?
Nimbus clouds or thunderclouds are usually tall, dense and very dark in color. These clouds form thunderstorms and heavy rain usually follows.
What is an aridisol?
An aridisol is a form of soil which dominates deserts and xeric shrublands, with a very low concentration of organic matter and very little water.
What plants are found in tropical deserts?
Cactus are a very common plant that is found in tropical deserts. Many types of wildflowers and the Joshua Tree grow in tropical deserts.
Why are cloudy days less common in the desert?
Clouds need humidity to form and deserts generally have very low relative humidities.
How do tropical deserts and temperate deserts differ?
A tropical desert is hot all year long with exception to night time (all deserts get cold when it is dark). Temperate deserts have a winter season in which the desert gets colder during daylight hours, unlike tropical deserts.
What clouds or wind make a hurricane?
Hurricanes are made as the sun heats tropical waters to form an area of very low pressure. Clouds form, and the Coriolis effect sets it spinning. The clouds in a hurricane are Cumulonimbus clouds (also known as Thunderheads or Thunderclouds)
What are the continental deserts?
Continental deserts occur in the centers of large continents. As inland winds travel from the sea over land, they lose moisture in the form of rain, and by the time they reach the center of a large continent, they are very dry. The Sahara, most Australian deserts, most North American Deserts, the Kalahari and Gobi Deserts are examples of continental deserts.
Where to cirrus clouds form?
very high in the sky.
Why isn't precepitation uniform everywhere?
Deserts have very little water and very little that would cause water to fall from clouds (precipitation), Jungle have much water and, with mountains in and around them, have many ways for clouds to rain
What clouds are formed high in the atmosphere?
The highest clouds are polar mesospheric clouds, which, at heights from 76,000 to 85,000 m (altitude) are much higher than other types of clouds, such as cirrus and cumulonimbus. Cumulonimbus can exceptionally reach 23,000 m at the very top of a peaked formation, but these clouds normally form mainly within the 2,000 to 16,000 m range. Cirrus clouds, at a maximum height of about 18,000 m in tropical zones, are also much lower than polar mesosphericclouds.
What three vegetation areas in Africa have very few people?
Deserts,semi-arid areas such as the Sahel and tropical rainforest's
Do Cirrus clouds often form at very low altitudes?
Cirrus clouds are high altitude clouds occurring between 17,000 and 40,000 feet
What conditions are in the deserts?
It's a tropical rain forest with lush trees, lots of precipitation, very humid. The Wiley McCack roams freely.
What is the altitude of cirrocumulus?
Cirrocumulus clouds are very high altitude clouds that form in the troposphere. They form between 16,000 feet and 39,000 feet above the surface of the Earth.
