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Deserts

A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation

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What is an example of a community in a desert?

A community refers to populations of two or more species that inhabit the same area. An example would be coyotes, jackrabbits, rats, ground squirrels, hawks, rattlesnakes, road runners, peccaries, Saguaro cacti, Prickly Pear, mesquite trees, and juniper trees, a community found in the deserts of southwestern USA. Note that many more animals and plants could be added to this list, however, I don't know all of them.

Where is the nearest sand desert to UK?

That would be the Sahara Desert in northern Africa.

What city is near the Mojave Desert?

Las Vegas, Nevada, is in the Mojave Desert while Los Angeles and San Diego, California, are near the desert.

Why do leeches live in some kinds of deserts?

Most leeches require permanent fresh water to survive athough a few species can survive in damp soil. Therefore the only places a leech could survive in a desert are in an oasis, river or other source of permanent water.

What desert in Chile has experienced over 500 years without rain?

The Atacama Desert located in northern Chile rarely receives rain.

Is the desert found anywhere in the United States?

Much of the southwestern United States is desert. It is primarily found in the following states:

California

Nevada

Arizona

New Mexico

Texas

Utah

Colorado

What is the name of a desert in the US?

The major deserts of North America are:
Mojave Desert (includes Death valley)
Chihuahuan Desert
Colorada Plateau Desert (includes the Painted Desert)
Sonoran Desert (includes the Colorado Desert)
Great Basin Desert

Where is the Sioson Desert?

There is no Sioson Desert. There is, however, the Simpson Desert of Australia.

What cactus grows in the Chihuahuan Desert in the US?

Various species of prickly pear and cholla

Claret cup cactus

Hedgehog cactus

Peyote

Rainbow cactus

Corncob cactus

Living rock cactus

Button cactus

Eagle claw cactus (aka Turk's head cactus)

Fish hook barrel cactus

Pincushion cactus

Strawberry cactus

several others

Is Antarctica actually a desert a prairie or a forest?

Antarctica is unlike most deserts, because there is no sand there. However, it is arid and desert-like, because the humidity averages about five percent.

There is no exposed soil, no trees, and 98% of the continent is covered with glacial ice.

Antarctica is the driest, windiest, coldest, darkest and highest continent on earth.

Is it possible to have 95C degrees on a desert?

No, 95 degrees C would not be a natural occurrence.

Which desert is very famous in India?

The Thar Desert is the famous desert of India.

What 'mini-beasts' live in the desert?

I am uncertain what you are referring to as a 'mini beasts.' However, there are a number of insects, spiders, scorpions, tarantulas, centipedes, millipede's, wind spiders and other such organisms that inhabit many deserts around the world.

What are the names of deserts in Oklahoma?

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Is sand is necessory to called an area desert?

A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation on average per year. Ground cover has nothing to do with the definition. A desert may have a substrate of soil, sand or even rock.

No. Lack of precipitation is the main criteria.

What are the favorite foods that desert people like to eat?

There is no standard food enjoyed by all people in the desert. There are dozens and dozens of cultural groups that live in the deserts of the world and they all enjoy different food choices.

How hot can the hottest desert get at day?

The hottest air temperature ever reliably recorded in a desert was 134 degrees F in Death Valley of the Mojave Desert in California on July 10, 1913. An even warmer temperature of 136 degrees was recorded a few years later in Libya but that has been discounted as inaccurate as it was not properly measured by untrained Italian soldiers. A recent ground temperature was measured by a satellite in Iran that was even hotter but the ground temperature does not reflect the temperature of the air above it. Anyone who has walked barefoot over an asphalt parking lot in summer can attest to that.

Is there mud in the southwestern deserts?

Mud is ephemeral - it may appear for a short time following a significant rain but quickly disappears. The water is either absorbed by the soil or evaporates.

Mud is ephemeral - it may appear for a short time following a significant rain but quickly disappears. The water is either absorbed by the soil or evaporates.

Which is further north the Great Sandy Desert or Great Victoria Desert?

The Great Sandy Desert lies north of the Great Victoria Desert.

Where is the Dasht e Lut desert?

The Dasht e Lut is in Iran and is a large salt desert in southeastern Kerman, Iran. It is the world's 24th largest desert.

Are there any deserts in Uganda?

A desert is sometimes defined as an area with a rainfall of less than 250mm a year, therefore New Zealand does not have any significant areas of true desert. Some small areas of inland Otago and Canterbury in the South Island do have this low an annual rainfall, but only just. One area is around the town of Alexandra, which has an annual rainfall of less than 400mm.

Some reasons for the misconception that New Zealand has desert is the name for one of the State highways in the central North Island being the Desert Road and there is a region known as the Rangipo desert. It has a much higher rainfall than a desert,(about four times as much) but has high winds and poor soils and is at a high altitude, so seems like a desert because plants struggle to survive. The Rangipo "desert" is on the volcanic plateau in the central North Island.