Deserts

Except for a few parasitic insects, few animals will even attempt to devour a jumping cholla.

The Kalahari Desert can be found in Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa,

Desert Holly is a compact, rounded shrub which grows to a height of about 3.5 feet. The shrub has silver leaves which reflect the sun's rays and are turned on edge to avoid much exposure.

Las Vegas, Nevada, and Bakersfield, California, are located in the Mojave Desert. Los Angeles and San Diego are close by.

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camels, some lizards, and some snakes, some birds, and some insects.

Tumbleweeds prefer areas of disturb soil in the desert, especially along roads and highways. Seeds can lay dormant for many months, even years waiting for moisture. Once rain does arrive the seeds sprout rapidly and grow into adult plants that produce seeds for the next generation.

The ocotillo is a desert plant that can go weeks without water, and has little flowers that grow around it. The ocotillo can be found in the gobi desert

The Sahel is not a desert, it is a semiarid grassland south of the Sahara. People farm and graze domestic animals

There are two types of cactus, columnar cactus and climbing cactus. Climbing cactus e.g dragon fruit plant.

Most settlements in the desert are near a permanent water source, such as a river, oasis or readily available ground water.

The barrel cactus survive long periods of drought by storing sparse rain water in stem cells. Other species of cacti also store water. Leaves have evolved into thin spikes and thorns to reduce water loss, which would occur with conventual broad-leaves.

That would depend on the particular desert. Generally, deserts are hot and dry in the summer but Atlanta is hot and very humid making life a bit more miserable than life in the desert.

Only those desert plants that have the ability to store water in their stems or leaves are called succulents. Cacti, agaves, aloes, some euphorbias are examples.

the sahara desert water

The climate of the region varies from semi-arid climate in the north to tropical in most of the region with distinct wet and dry seasons. Rain falls during the monsoon season from about June to October. March to June can be very dry and hot with temperatures exceeding 40°C regularly.

The caracal(Caracal caracal), also known as the desert lynx, is a wild cat widely distributed across Africa, Central Asia, and Southwest Asia into India.They occupy a wide variety of habitats from semidesert to relatively open savanna and scrubland to moist woodland and thicket or evergreen and montane forest such as in the Western Cape of South Africa. They prefer drier woodland and savanna regions with lower rainfall and some cover. (Wikipedia)

Herbivores eat whatever grows, which is mostly succulent plants like cacti. Carnivores prey on the herbivores. The major difference between food access in deserts and other places is the timing of the hunt/forage: most animals are not active during the heat of the day or the cold of the night - dawn and dusk are when animals are typically active.

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Deserts can receive a variety of precipitation over a period of a year. Deserts may receive rain, snow, sleet, hail and grauple.

Not all sand is white. There is some white sand, but a number of other shades exist from tan to black. The white sand at White Sands National Monument is white because of the gypsum in it, while the white sand of beaches in the remote oceans is composed largely of calcium carbonate from shell and coral fragments. Tan or beige sand is often quartz, and black volcanic sand is rich in basalts and obsidian.

C is incorrect as there are cold deserts, some of which are always cold.

The African noonday sun shines directly down from overhead, and is very hot.

Manhole covers are used for many things. Manhole covers are used to cover up holes in the ground where sewage can be found in order to protect people.