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No, deserts or parts of deserts can be several thousand feet in elevation.
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What is the elevation of coastal desert?
The Atacama Desert of South America has elevations that run from sea level at the Pacific to over 7000 feet in the interior plateau. The Namib Desert of Africa has elevations that range from sea level along the Atlantic coast to the interior Great Escarpment at over 6000 feet.
Why are deserts so low in organic matter?
There are not enough plants
Is the Brazilian highlands and Guiana highlands deserts in south America?
No, the Brazilian and Guiana highlands are low mountain ranges - not deserts.
What are England's most famous deserts?
England has no true deserts.
What climate feature do tundras and deserts have in common?
Generally low precipitation
Why doesn't the desert have high altitude?
Some deserts have low elevation, some have a rather high elevation. Not all deserts have a low altitude.
What kind of elevation and relief is for the desert low or high?
The average elevation of the Atacama is 2400 meters or about 7874 feet above sea level.
Less population in thar desert?
Most deserts have low populations densities.
Is the elevation of a plain high or low?
Plains can have either a high or low elevation.
What is the elevation of the badlands park?
since badlands are low lands therefore they have a low elevation(i think...)
Clouds do not precipitate in deserts due to Low Humidity or Low Pressure or High Wind velocity or High temperature?
Clouds do not precipitate in deserts due to low pressure. Clouds do not precipitate in deserts due to low pressure.
Are deserts located in low elevations?
No. Height varies widely. There is even a formal division between high deserts (above 2,000 ft) and low deserts.
Does Mississippi have mountains or deserts?
There are no deserts in Mississippi. The highest point of elevation in Mississippi is Woodall Mountain at 806 feet above sea level.
What is level land at a low elevation called?
The low level elevation is called the lowlands and that is what i learned in my geo class
Is the elevation of a plateau is low or high?
The elevation of a plateau is high.
Where does it NOT snow in Arizona?
Any low elevation areas, most notably Phoenix and the surrounding "Valley of the Sun".
Why are some areas in the desert classified as deserts?
Your question is redundant. All deserts are classified as deserts because of the low precipitation.
