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Why is the Mojave Desert a desert?
The Mojave receives less than 10 inches of rain on average per year and the evaporation rate exceeds the precipitation rate. Both are descriptions of a desert.
Does latitude and altitude affect the climate of the Mojave desert?
The Mojave desert does not have much altitude, but if where ever is closest to the sun and out in the open is the hottest.
What is the reason open canals are inefficient for irrigation in the desert?
Much of the water in the canal is lost to evaporation and to being absorbed by the soil and plants that line the canal.
How does it affect the rate of transpiration in desert plants?
What is "it"? Please be specific with your question if you wish an answer.
What are the prevailing winds that affect the Sahara desert?
The prevailing winds that affect the Sahara Desert are what determine the precipitation. The dry air affects the moisture.
Do Anaconda live in the desert?
No, Anacondas live in the Amazon River drainage of South America and not in the desert.
In which biome do the evaporation rates exceed the precipitation rates?
desert - a desert is any area in which the annual rate of evaporation exceeds the rate of precipitation.
Do deserts get evaporation?
Yes, a desert has evaporation. One of the characteristics of a desert is that a desert has a higher evaporation rate than precipitation rate. A desert may receive as much as 10 inches of rain per year but the evaporation rate, especially in the summer, can approach or exeed, one inch per day.
Process can result from irrigation and evaporation in a desert?
depletion
What process can result from irrigation and evaporation in a desert?
eutrophication
Which process can result from irrigation and evaporation in a desert?
salinization
How does the desert get rain but it is still dry?
The evaporation rate of a desert is much greater than the precipitation rate.
Which defines a biome as a desert?
a rate of evaporation higher than precipitation
Does the desert get evaporation?
Deserts have a very high evaporation rate. It can approach an inch per day during the hottest and driest seasons.
What states are in desert climate zone?
is a climate in which there is an excess of evaporation over precipitation.
What type of analysis can reveal natural drainage swales in the desert that are subject to flash flooding?
Terrain
What type analysis can reveal natural drainage swale in the desert that are subject to flash flooding?
Terrain
