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What climate conditions are needed for a desert to form?
it just needs less than 10 inches of rain. that's it
What is the difference between desert and wilderness?
The desert is a form of wilderness.
What is the area in a desert with an underground supply of water called?
An oasis is an area of the desert that has a permanent water supply, usually a spring. This water allows more plants to grow. It receives the same rainfall as the surrounding desert. The spring provides the water for plant growth.
Why are there no deserts in Ireland?
Ireland is not hot enough. It is too far north of the equator to have the kind of climate for a desert. It gets a lot of rain and can get some cold weather, so there aren't the conditions for deserts to form.
What are the similarities between rainfall and snowfall?
Weather happens from day to day. Weather patterns over a number of years tell you the climate. But they are both about temperature, wind, rainfall etc.
What is This land form is a dry often sandy region with little rainfall and sparse vegetation called?
desert.
Could a composite volcano form in a desert?
Yes. Climate does not affect what kind of volcano can develop.
How was the white desert formed?
Minerals, especially gypsum, is weathered out of the surrounding mountains by rainfall. It is washed onto the floor of the desert where the water evaporates leaving a deposit of white gypsum sand. Wind may then carry this white sand to the surrounding desert and form dunes.
How often does it rain in deserts?
That depends upon the desert. Some desert have a regular rainy season, usually during the summer, and thunderstorms may form in the area nearly every afternoon. Other deserts rarely receive any rainfall for years.
Why is the desert mostly dry?
A desert is dry because it receives little precipitation. A desert is described as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rainfall per year on average. Deserts are a natural occurrence caused by geography. Mountains can prevent atmospheric moisture from entering a region causing a rain shadow desert to form.
What is the verb form for the word climate?
There is no verb form for climate
What is the plural of desert?
The plural form of desert is deserts
What is the singular possessive form of desert?
It is desert's.
Where is the Earth's temperature predictably warm all year?
the warmest place on earth falls into the region of vast desert areas distributed round the globe... deserts are classified into two categories: cold desert and hot dry desert cold desert is a form of desert with more precipitation in a year as compared to that of hot dry desert, it also drops its temperature at the season of winter. while hot dry desert is a form of desert with less or no rainfall in a year... its temperature is extremely hot as compared to that of cold desert. Its temperature drops minimally during winter season that makes it still hot during this season Sahara Desert - is the world's largest desert (and also a hot dry desert) on earth and divided into sub regions. by which it has also been recorded the most extreme temperature on earth in Libyan desert.
Do they have rainfall in the Antarctic?
Antarctica is considered a desert, with annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 inches) along the coast and far less inland. Precipitation would be in the form of snow. It's too cold for rain.
What kind of climate causes tornadoes?
Tornadoes can form in almost any sort of climate except for polar or extreme desert. However, they are most common over areas with a temperate grassland type climate, where collisions of air masses of different temperatures and moisture content frequently cause intense thunderstorms.
What are the main form of weathering taking place in the desert?
The main form of weathering in a desert is decomposition.
