There are more than 5:Sahara
Arabian Desert
Kalahari Desert
Great Victoria Desert
Syrian Desert
Chihuahuan Desert
Great Sandy Desert
Sonoran Desert
Thar Desert
Simpson Desert
Dahti Margo
Registan Desert
Simpson Desert
Dasht-e Kavir
Dasht-e Lut
A desert has less than 10 inches of rainfall in a year. In tropical Belize (Yes, I exaggerate) they get 10 inches of rainfall in about 30 minutes ! (As I said I exaggerate !) But no, there aere no deserts in Belize.
Kentucky has no deserts.
While Canada has large areas of semiarid grasslands, it has no true deserts. There is a small area ( one square mile) of semiarid land called the Car Cross Desert.
Deserts are located in temperate, tropical, and even polar regions. They are not confined to a particular climate zone.
The five largest deserts on earth: Antarctica, Sahara, Arabian Desert, Gobi Desert, Patagonian Desert more information can be found [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deserts_by_area here].What kind of desert region? There are temperate deserts, cold deserts, and tropical deserts.
Ecuador has no deserts. It is primarily a tropical country.
There are tropical deserts. The Sahara, Arabian Desert, Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert are some examples of hot tropical deserts.
A tropical desert is hot all year long with exception to night time (all deserts get cold when it is dark). Temperate deserts have a winter season in which the desert gets colder during daylight hours, unlike tropical deserts.
In northern Africa (Sahara) and southern Africa (Kalahari Desert) tropical deserts are located.
No deserts in Sri Lanka. It is a tropical country.
No, Ecuador has no deserts. It is primarily tropical.
Deserts and rainforests
Some in deserts and some in tropical forests
A desert has less than 10 inches of rainfall in a year. In tropical Belize (Yes, I exaggerate) they get 10 inches of rainfall in about 30 minutes ! (As I said I exaggerate !) But no, there aere no deserts in Belize.
Tropical rainforests contain more/higher biodiversity than deserts since their conditions are a lot more ideal for the growth of organisms.
The Mojave, Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts are hot (tropical) deserts. All others are cold winter deserts.
The Chihuahuan, Mojave, Sonoran are all tropical deserts