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Some deserts are hot, some are cold, depending upon the geographic location. Some cold deserts can be quite hot during the summer but are bitterly cold during the winter (Gobi Desert, Great Basin Desert). Some deserts are cold all year long (Antarctic Desert). Some are quite cool all year long because they are locate on the coast near cold ocean currents (Atacama and Namb Deserts). Some deserts are hot in the summer but have mild winters (Sahara and Mojave Deserts). Geography determines the climate of a desert.
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Is the Taklamakan a hot or cold desert?
The Taklamakan Desert is classified as a cold desert. It can get quite hot in the summer but winters can turn bitterly cold.
Is the Kalahari Desert cold or hot?
The Kalahari is classified as a hot sub tropical desert.
What degrees is it in the desert?
A desert can be hot or cold. A desert is classified as a place that receives little to no rainfall.
What are the two classifications of deserts?
Deserts are classified as either being hot or cold. The Sahara is a hot desert, the Atacama and Antarctic are classified as cold deserts.
What are the general classifications of a desert?
A desert is classified as either a hot desert or a cold desert. The Sahara, Arabian Desert and Mojave Desert are examples of hot deserts while Antarctica, the Patagonian Desert and the Gobi Desert are cold deserts.
Is the Kyzyl Kum Desert a warm desert or a cold desert?
The Kyzyl Kum is classified as a cold winter desert. However, temperatures in the summer can be quite hot.
Why is the Taklamakan Desert also called a cold desert?
While the Taklamakan Desert can get quite hot during the summer it can also get bitterly cold in the winter. It is classified as a cold winter desert.
Is the Kyzyl Kum a hot desert?
No, the Kyzyl Kum is classified as a cold winter desert. However, temperatures in the summer can be quite hot.
How cold does it get in the Mojave Desert?
The Mojave has measured the hottest temperature of any desert in the world, It is a hot subtropical desert.
Is the Chihuahuan desert hot or cold?
the lowest temperature it goes is 3 degrees and the highest it has ever been is 12 degrees.
The Gobi is what kind of desert?
The Gobi is a cold winter desert. Summers can be quite hot but in winter it is bitterly cold, sometimes dropping to -40 degrees.
Is the Thar Desert a hot desert or cold desert?
Hot desert
