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Deserts
A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation
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Why is there a low population in cold deserts?
Because it dosn't have good resources of food and water... and it is really hot and hard to live there. :)
What are 3 facts about the desert?
It's Location is in Arizona. It's size is 2,008 km. Some winter storms, some summer. Plants & animals: Bobcat, coyote, javelina, and the Sonoran Toad.
The Sonora Desert is a region that covers 120,000 square miles in the southwestern part of North America. More rain falls on the Sonora Desert than any other desert. The Mexican grey wolf and the great horned owl both live in it. Summer temperatures can reach more than 120 degrees.
I hope that helps!
Are there mountains or deserts in Mexico?
Not so much mountainous as it is of a hilly nature. It is also crisscrossed by three mountain ranges, being the Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre del Sur such mountain systems.
How does air conditioning help a desert?
If there's a plug then it's ok
Air conditioner makes the air cooler around you
Arid means "dry", semi means "half". An area that is dry enough to be a "half desert" is semi arid.
huh? What's a "half-desert"?
Semi-arid is a land classification based on annual average rainfall, usually between 250-400mm per year.
Do any humans live in cold deserts?
Inuit people live near the Arctic. Their homeland goes from the tip of Russia all the way to Alaska to the north part of Canada and little parts of Greenland. Inuit are also known as Eskimos, but they prefer Inuit. One Inuit is called Inuk.
Inuit spread east and as they do they discover new ways to survive the tough climate. The animals they hunted in the water are: fish, seals, whales, and walruses. On land the Inuit hunt polar bears, musk oxen, caribou, and other small animals. They make tents and clothes out of animal skin. They make tools out of animal bones, horns, and teeth. In the summer they travel in kayaks that are covered in animal skin. In the winter they use sleds pulled by dogs. Inuit live in tents in the summer and in the winter they live in sod houses. When they are hunting they build igloos.
Inuit are strong in spirit and mind. Inuit culture is based on nature; it is passed on by storytelling, family, drum dancing, culture laws, language, and tradition. As a young Inuk grows the learn how to do arts and crafts.
Most inuit lost their traditional way of life because we have moved up to there homeland in the Arctic region. Pollution has melted the ice which also makes the Inuit homeland smaller by second.
What are the three deserts in California?
The Mojave Desert is the only major desert of California. Small parts of the Sonoran and Great Basin Deserts also intrude a bit into the state.
Yes, it is. The driest desert is the Sahara, but every desert is dry.
Why are there hot and cold deserts?
Generally, deserts located furthest from the tropics are cold deserts. The closer to the tropics, the warmer the desert. Some are considered cold because they are at a higher altitude and others considered as cool desert because they are on a coastline that has cold ocean currents just off shore
What is the Savannah Desert like?
The savanna is not a desert, it is a semi-arid grassland and a transition zone between a desert and another biome.
In what country is a polar desert located?
There is some disagreement on this. Some classify the Arctic as a desert but others do not since the vast majority of the Arctic is ice and not land. However, Antarctica is classified as a desert due to low humidity and low precipitation.
What desert covers almost half of israel?
60% .
Israel has special view, because she has Mediterranean wehter, there are alot of kind of animals, there are cold and whorm places and more...
There are two major deserts located below the Sahara in Africa. One is the Kalahari Desert that covers most of the country of Botswana. The other is the Namib Desert that covers most of Namibia.
What desert animal can live without water?
A few such animals, such as the kangaroo rat of the North American Deserts, can go its entire life without drinking water as they are able to extract what they need from the digestion of foods they eat.
What desert animal eats the saguaro cactus?
No desert animals actually feed on the plant itself. However, bees, bats and some birds do feed on the nectar and/or pollen of the saguaro flower and some animals feed on the sweet fruit produced by the plant if it falls to the ground making it accessible.
NO. It is habitable since some people live there (Bedouins). They dig holes deep in the ground to get water from the underground rivers.
There is quite a lot of wildlife in the desert: Spiders, scorpions, foxes, etc...
The question is not very precise since a there are desert with lots of different climates, eg/ Antarctica is a desert
What desert is located in southern Saudi Arabia?
The Arabian Desert. At its centre is the Rub'al-Khali, one of the largest continuous bodies of sand in the world.
What causes deserts to form on one side of the mountain?
Mountains form a baracade that prevents high level atmospheric moisture from reaching an area. This forms a rain shadow desert. Examples would be the deserts of the United States as well as those of South America.
Over which 4 states is the Thar Desert spread?
The Thar Desert covers all or parts of the Indian states of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Gujarat.
