They compete with other large plants for land.
The Outback, or the Desert. The desert proper is rarely called the Outback; but certainly much of the territory bordering true desert and even the Nullabor Plain itself can be called the Outback
The Mojave Desert is in the rainshadow of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It is also at a latitude that is generally under high atmospheric pressure that suppresses thunderstorm development.
There are over 2 dozen major desert areas in the world and each has its own weather and climate statistics so there is no single answer to your question. Temperatures can range from well below -100 degrees F. in Antarctica to +134 degrees F. in the Mojave Desert.
All deserts are in a perpetual state of drought. However some deserts, such as the Atacama and the Antarctic, rarely receive any precipitation.
The Atacama Desert rarely has rain and some areas of the desert have received no rian in centuries.
Nuclear power plants require huge amounts of water for cooling, a resource not available in large quantities in most deserts. However, your question is not completely true as there are nuclear power plants in the desert. Palo Verde in Arizona is an example.
The air in the desert is usually quite dry and the temperature rarely falls to the dew point at night.
The Mojave Desert.
The Atacama is a cold desert. Temperatures rarely exceed 75 or 80 degrees F.
a Desert
Small plants rarely survive a bushfire.
Yes but only very rarely - that is why Antarctica is a desert.
To have fog an area must have a relative humidity of about 100%. This happens more frequently along the coast and rarely in the desert.
Yes but only very rarely - that is why Antarctica is a desert.
The Atacama and the Antarctic Deserts rarely receive precipitation.
The Atacama Desert located in northern Chile rarely receives rain.
No, humidity levels rarely exceed 30%