Deserts

Well, for you dumb people who were too stupid to type, it affects it because a man eating dinosaur came to my house one day and i listened and me and my buds took some cool weapons and went hiyaa! and kwahh! and then the desert is how it is today. The end.

BY THE WAYYY! If you really write this down, have fun getting an F.

Humans are able to alter their environment to make life in the heat of a desert bearable. Such items as air conditioning or even electric fans can make life in the desert more comfortable as well as constructing homes that are well insulated to hold in cooler air and keep out the heat.

Yes, an oasis is a 'water hole' in the desert. It is generally a place where ground water is at a shallow depth and has reached the surface as a spring.

The Mojave Desert enters the states of California, Nevada and Arizona.

The two main deserts I assume you are talking about is hot and cold deserts. The difference between them is temperature (warm moderate summers for hot deserts, low rainfall.) Cold deserts may have snowfall and much lower temperatures in the winter. Summers in cold deserts may get quite hot, however.

Little food, no water, very hot during the day, and can be very cold during the night.

Any amount of moisture that reaches the desert floor has survived two things: the rain shadow effect which blocks most moisture from going to the other side of mountains, and overcoming the intense heat. Many times because the heat is too intense, most rain evaporates before it hits the ground. The only amount of rain that could make it past would have to be a large amount of moisture.

Every desert is different. The Atacama sometimes goes for centuries with no rain while other deserts have an annual rainy season and may receive some rain a few days each week, mainly in the summer months.

NO. A desert is any place that is too dry for plants to grow. Some deserts are cold most of the year.

Oasis, fertile crescent

All major deserts in the United States are in the southwestern part of the country.

Yes, because all living things need water. However, desert animals are specially adapted to the dry conditions. Most of them do not need to drink water, but obtain sufficient moisture from the foods they eat. Some desert animals burrow down deep to find water, and these burrows also protect them from the heat of the desert sun. Others are specifically "shaped" to collect water. For example, the body of the thorny devil in Australia is completely covered in sharp spikes which actually collect the moisture that condenses in the early morning (or the occasional rains) and channel it directly down towards its mouth.

A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation on average per year. Some deserts receive virtually no rainfall for decades.

Bethlehem is in/near the Negev Desert of Israel.

A fertile place in the desert where there is water and some vegetation is sometimes referred to as an oasis. This area often contains an abundance of wildlife.

it is mostly hot and dry

The southwest United States has the most deserts.

the lut desert has extreme tempretures of up to 71 degrees celcius.the hottest place on earth. by the way lut desert is sexy

Most deserts are west of the Rocky Mountains.

Great question! Temperatures in the Gobi Desert can range considerably over the course of a year. The coldest temperature the Gobi Desert falls to, on average, is -40°F (-40°C) in the winter months.

All regions of Fiji receive more rainfall than a desert.

A desert is defined as having an annual rainfall of less than 500mm.
The lowest annual rainfall in Fiji is 1500-3000mm on some outlying islands. On the mainland the annual rainfall is 2000-3000mm on the coast and lowland areas, and up to 6000mm in mountainous areas.

The desert is cold at night. This is because there are no clouds or trees to hold in the heat.

Each desert is different and has its own climate statistics. A "summer day" in Antarctica may actually warm up to about 10 degrees F. but can drop to nearly minus 140 degrees F. in winter. The Mojave, on the other hand, may have a daytime temperature of more than 130 degrees F and a nightime of 80 to 90 degrees.

All the above statistics depend a great deal on the specific location in the desert.