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A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain on average per year. Generally, a grassland (savanna, steppe, etc.) would receive between 10 and 20 inches of rain.

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An area is considered a desert if it receives less than how many inches of precipitation per year?

If an area receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain it is considered a desert.


What is the greatest amount of rain in the desert?

To be considered a desert, a region must receive less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain on average per year.


How much rain can a place receive to be considered a desert?

A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain per year on average.


What is the amount of rain in a desert to keep the desert status?

If a desert would receive more than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain per year on average consistently over many years it would no longer be considered a desert.


What percentage of rain falls in the dry desert?

Your question makes no sense. Rainfall is not measured in percent but in inches or millimeters. I desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (260 mm) of rainfall per year on average.


How much rain has to fall to be a desert?

Zero rain has to fall. However, if the region consistently receives over 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation on average per year it is not considered a true desert.


Which is an ecosystem that is technically considered to be a desert?

A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain per year on average.


What type of extreme weather do you find in the desert?

the weather in the desert is really hot a lot of animals cant survive cause the desert only gets 10 or less inches of rain each year


How many inches of rain in the desert?

Every desert is different but a desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain per year on average. Some deserts receive virtually no rain for decades.


What climate has eighty inches of rain a year?

the rainforest gets eighty inches of rain a year.


How many inches of rain falls in the desert?

Every desert is different but a desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain per year on average. Some deserts receive virtually no rain for decades.


How much rain does a desert biome get a year?

On average, a desert receives between 0 and 10 inches (250mm) of rain per year depending on the location of the desert.