Deserts

In the United States, alone, there are a number of cities in the desert:

Las Vegas, Nevada

Phoenix, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Mesa, Arizona

El Paso, Texas

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Alamogordo, New Mexico

Bakersfield, California

and many more

Yes, you can eat the fruit of this cactus

The desert sand has very low specific heat because it absorbs and releases heat very readily.

British Columbia has no true deserts. It has a small area of steppe that it calls a desert but that is an exaggeration.

These deserts have a generally cool climate:Atacama Desert

Sechura Desert

Monte Desert

Patagonian Desert

Namib Desert

Spines: Spines help the cactus in several ways. The most obvious use of the spines is for protection against foragers. The cactus basically states "How much pain are you willing to indure to get a drink in this desert?"; Surprisingly, some animals do partake. In some cactus varieties the spines participate in water collection. Water from dew condenses on spines and, in some cactus species, downward-pointing spines help to direct rainwater to the roots of the plant. Spines help to reflect light away from the cactus stem theoretically lowering the stem temperature. Some spines also trap in a layer of air next to the cactus stem preventing loss of water via evaporative cooling.

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Some scientists place Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the northern most extent of the Chihuahuan Desert. Others say that it is Socorro, New Mexico, that is the furthest northern extent of the desert.

When an animal dies in the desert, it quickly becomes a meal for many desert scavengers and has little chance to decay naturally. In some deserts the humidity is so low that if the body of an animal is able to avoid being eaten by a scavenger, it will desiccate - dry like a natural mummy and not decay due to the low levels of moisture in the air.

All kinds of animals live in this area also this desert has the most water out of all deserts.

Deserts are dry because of their position relative to the Equator and the temperature of the sea that they happen to be adjacent to. Cold seas make for deserts. Deserts also form in areas of rain shadows or in places that are too high or cold for regular precipitation.

The Thar Desert is in India and Pakistan.

a rate of evaporation higher than precipitation

The Mojave Desert holds the record for the hottest temperature ever reliably measured in a desert. On July 10, 1913, the temperature climbed to 134 degrees F. At Furnace Creek in Death Valley. Antarctica has dropped to nearly -129 degrees F. making it the coldest desert.

Denmark has no true deserts.

Polar deserts are areas with annual precipitation less than 250 millimeters and a mean temperature during the warmest month of less than 10°C.

They aren't! Most deserts in the United States are located on the western side of the Rocky Mountains or eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Sierras block Pacific moisture from reaching inland, creating a rain shadow.

The king snake survives in the desert by burying in the sand to keep cool. It also camouflages itself to keep itself from being seen.

The Namib Desert is located primarily in Namibia while the Kalahari is located mostly in Botswana.

The Kalahari Desert is the third largest hot desert.

China's Gobi desert is famous for it nests of dinosaur eggs, sometimes with the fossil bones of a parent dinosaur sitting on top. Horse Isle Answer - Gobi

desert is a noun.

The Atacama desert is the driest place in the world and it has 0.04in of rainfall a year. This is equal to 1millemeter.

arizona. or the sahara desert in south amarica

The first day of summer - on/about June 21 is the longest day and shortest night.