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Deserts
A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation
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Do the arms of a cactus tell how old it is?
In a way, A saguaro is usually at least 40 years old before it starts sprouting arms.
It's mountainous, mountainous ereas takes up nearly 70% of China's land area.
What living things can you find on a hot desert?
Deserts are places where it hasn't rained for a very very long time virtually nothing can grow or survive easily. But deserts too have a variety of life forms, like:
- Cacti plants
- Vipers like sand viper, horned viper
- Australian shingleback lizards
- Jerboa
- Fennec fox
- Baobab trees
- Palm and date trees near oases
- Beetles
- Cobras
These are some but there is no limit to a habitat's inhabitants.
Is there a desert in Asia and India?
India is a part of Asia and the best known desert in that country is the Thar Desert.
Why would a desert not normally experience fog?
To experience fog an area has to have a relative humidity of near or at 100%. The temperatures must be at or near the dew point. Deserts rarely have the humidity levels needed to produce fog.
Is the Mojave Desert in South America?
No, the Mojave is located in North America, primarily in southern California.
Yes it does.
Mohave
Great Basin
Sonoran
Chihuahuan
Painted
Yes, turkeys live in deserts. They are commonly seen in parts of the Chihuahuan Desert.
What Spanish speaking country has the driest desert?
Chile. Peru, Bolivia and Argentina all have parts of the Atacama Desert which is considered by many to be the driest desert in the world. Others say that the Antarctic Desert deserves that honor.
Is the Mohave desert located in California?
The Mojave Desert is located in California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.
the land which have less or scracity of water is called dry land area such as deserts are dry and xerophytic
Is it true that there is no desert in Antarctica?
False! Nearly the entire continent of Antarctica is desert.
There is a small area of Egypt known as the 'White Desert.' Also, Antarctica is sometimes called the 'White Desert.'
Are redheads really hot tempered like the saying goes?
Yesss! We Are Verryyyy Hot Tempered, And I Recommend You Don't Mess With Us Redheads((: People Ask Me If I'm Hot Tempered Because I Have Red Hair, And The Answer Really Is, It Depends How Well You Know Me!(: -Angelique Nuno.
What type of economy does the Arabian peninsula?
im thinking farmers cuz there is alot of rich soil.
^ very much incorrect
Most of the economy in the Middle east consists on Oil and oil based industry:
Saudi Arabia's economy is largely based on the oil, very little industry there except what is related to oil extracting or refining.
Iran also has an Oil based economy, although the last few years, Iran has taken many steps to diversify its economy and industrialize.
Don't get me wrong, there is farming in the middle east- their economy is just based on oil rather.
Hope that helps
Theoretically, no, but they can spread if we don't stop global warming others could form.But once a desert is formed it doesn't move.It can get bigger but not move.
What words describe the desert that begin with the letter x?
xeric - very dry; having little moisture
How much of Earth's surface is covered by one desert land?
There is no single desert that covers the earth. There are about 28 major deserts that, combined, cover about 1/3 of the earth's land area.
What is the climate of the UAE?
The United Arab Emirates is considered a desert, it has a higher evaporation rate, than it has annual rainfall. Much of the country is covered by sandy or rocky deserts.
In summer the inland areas are hot and dry (between 45 and 50 degrees centigrade during the day and above 35 degrees at night), with very low humidity.
Along the cost the temperatures are slightly lower (by perhaps 2 degrees), but it is extremely humid, between 80 and 90% relative humidity at times.
Winter is mild and temperature ranges are normally between 16 and 22 degrees centigrade with intermittent rainfall on occasion.
