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Deserts
A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation
5,820 Questions
Why is the date palm useful tree to the desert dweller?
It helps.the people in the deserts by giving them nutrition as it is nutritious.
What is Brazil's major desert?
Brazil has no true deserts. It does have a vast area of sand dunes in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Maranhão State. However, the region receives 500 times more rainfall than the Sahara so is not actually a desert.
A desert can be productive if water is available for irrigation.
What producers consumers and decomposers are in the desert?
Producers - all plants, especially grasses.Consumers - all animals found in the desert
Decomposers - fungi and bacteria
What does the coyote eat in the Great Sandy Desert?
There are no coyotes in the Great Sandy Desert. The Great Sandy desert is in Australia, and Australia has no coyotes at all.
Yes, there are eagles in the desert. In North America golden eagles and even an occasional bald eagle can be seen.
What is the fifth biggest desert?
The Kalahari Desert of southern Africa at 360,000 square miles is the fifth largest desert in the world.
The Kalahari Desert of southern Africa at 360,000 square miles is the fifth largest desert in the world.
Where are the two main types of deserts in the US located?
Hot deserts - Mojave, Sonoran, Chihuahuan are located in the southwestern United Staes, close to the Mexican border.
Cold desert - Great Basin Desert - western United States in Nevada and parts of Utah.
What is the importance of semiarid?
It has diffrent types of climates such as summer, good for growing crops, and rainy weather so you wont have to water the crops!
What type of jobs are in the Chihuahuan Desert?
People in the Chihuahuan Desert work at the same types of jobs found in any area. A few examples: Doctors, lawyers, teachers, nurses, construction workers, electricians, food workers, mining, truck drivers and so on.
Nubian desert borders which body of water?
The Nubian desert does not border along the Pacific Ocean, it borders the Red Sea and the Nile River. It only receives about 5 inches of rain a year.
What country has a deciduous desert?
There are deciduous forests but no deciduous deserts. There are, however, deciduous plants that grown in deserts.
Can grass adapt in the desert?
Grass does adapt and survives quite well in the deserts. There are a number of species found in deserts around the world, most being various forms of clumping grass.
What is an example of a desert besides the Sahara Desert in Africa?
There are two other deserts in Africa besides the Sahara - the Kalahari and the Namib.
Does the saguaro grow any place other than the Sonoran Desert?
The saguaro also grows in a small area of the Mojave Desert.
What is a area that gets very little rainfall and has a little plant life is called?
A general term would be a desert. Antarctic could be called a desert due to little rainfall, and very little plants, except near the coast during the slight summer thaw season (which is still cold).
What is it called when wind blows silt and dust away in the desert leaving a rock layer behind?
The process is called deflation and the product is called desert pavement.
An oasis is a small area in a desert with a permanent water, source such as a spring. It supports more plant life than the surrounding desert area.
