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Deserts
A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation
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What problems do reptiles face in desert conditions and how do they cope with them?
They have to deal with heat, predators, food and water.
They can cope with heat, because they are cold blooded, and spend most time in the sun, then move to just a shaded spot.
They have horns or run fast on hind legs or look poisonus to escape predators eating them, and get enough food and water by plants and smaller animals, rain and oasis to let them live.
Life is tough in the desert, but they all cope.
Also, very few animals come out in the humid day with a boiling sun. They come out at night, when it is cool and plenty of food thrives.
There is also A LOT of food and animals in the day just after a good old rain, it changes from dry and baran and hot and humid to lovely, cool, blooming and thriving just over night!
What are some animals in the west Texas desert?
A few animals of the Chihuahuan Desert of West TexasBobcats
Cougars
Mule Deer
Big Horn Sheep
Pronghorn
Badger
Ringtail
Raccoon
Kangaroo Rrat
Wood Rat
Rock Squirrel
Ground Squirrel
Jack Rabbit
Cottontail
Rattlesnakes - several species
Ratsnakes
Ground Snakes
Glossy Snakes
Gopher Snakes
Horned Lizards
Whiptail Lizards
Many, many more
Why does a desert not have to be hot?
A desert is not defined by its temperature but rather by its precipitation. A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rainfall per year on average. Antarctica is classified as a cold desert and temperatures can plunge to below -100 degrees F. Winter temperatures in the Gobi Desert can exceed -50 degrees F.
What are 2 names of polar deserts?
There is actually only one true polar desert and that is the Antarctic Desert. The Arctic region consists primarily of sea ice and some tundra and is not considered to be a true desert.
polar deserts are formed when the place is too cold for and water to evaporate and if and precipitation falls it turns into snow and never melts
What ways is a caper bean adapted to life in a hot desert?
has no leaves which means that the water goes straight to the root
What is the desert north of modern day Mongolia?
There is no desert north of Mongolia. The Gobi Desert enters southern Mongolia.
A number of towns developed around oases, linked by tracks through the desert. Many of these towns evolved into small trading centers.
The Nile River.
Who are known as the blue men of the desert?
The Tuareg people of the Sahara are sometimes called the "Blue People" because the indigo pigment in the cloth of their traditional robes and turbans stained their skin dark blue.
Who is the primary consumer of the Siberian Desert?
There is no Siberian Desert. Siberia consists primarily of taiga and tundra.
Kenya is not in a desert but there is a desert in Kenya, the Nyiri Desert, also called the Nyika, or Tarudesert, desert, located in the south-central part of the country.
What animal in the desert gets all of the water it needs from the food it eats?
The kangaroo rat of the American deserts.
What is spinifex grass that grows in the Simpson desert?
Spinifex is a sharp grass that grows in the outbacks of australia, its a spiney tough grass that you would not want to be perched upon!!
Mules do not live naturally in the desert. They are domestic animals that require man to survive.
In what continent and country is the Gibson Desert?
The Gibson Desert is on the continent of Australia, all of which is the country of Australia.
Where is the great Simpson desert?
The Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in Central Australia
The Simpson Desert is underlain by the Great Artesian Basin, one of the largest inland drainage areas in the world. Water from the basin rises to the surface at numerous natural springs, including Dalhousie Springs, and at bores drilled along stock routes, or during petroleum exploration. As a result of exploitation by such bores, the flow of water to springs has been steadily decreasing in recent years.
The Simpson Desert is an erg which contains the world's longest parallel sand dunes.[3] These north-south oriented dunes are static, held in position by vegetation. They vary in height from 3 metres in the west to around 30 metres on the eastern side. The largest and most famous dune, Nappanerica, or more popularly Big Red (named by Simpson Desert traveller Dennis Bartell), is 40 metres in height.[4]
