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Deserts

A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation

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Is the Great Artesian Basin a desert?

No - Australia's Great Artesian Basin is a huge underground water supply. Occupying an area one-fifth of Australia's size, it is one of the largest artesian groundwater basins in the world. It is quite different to North America's Great Basin Desert.

What two rivers flow through the Sonoran Desert?

There are locations in the Sonoran Desert that have permanent streams and rivers.

Which is the seventh largest desert in the world?

The Great Basin Desert of the United States is the 9th largest desert in the world.

How do desert animals help desert plants?

I Think it ruins them because if it goes over the animals food as in a plant or something then like they wont have much to eat if it keeps on happening.

Desert ecosystems are very slow growing and fragile. Because they are dry and vegetation is sparse they are very prone to erosion. Vehicles and people on foot or on bikes travelling through a desert disturb the soil/sand and can have an impact that lasts for decades because the system cannot recover quickly. Thin soil driven, ridden or walked over can be disturbed enough that it blows away, and soil in a desert may not be replaced in a hundred years. We have all seen the amount of dust stirred up by fast moving vehicles on dry dirt roads.

People and vehicles compress the soil they travel over, and this can damage root systems, stems and leaves of plants. Insects and animal burrows may be crushed.

People and vehicles can frighten and disturb animals and nests to the point where the parents leave their young or they leave the area. If you disturb an animal: move on.

When travelling through a desert, and any other fragile or sensitive ecosystem, the easiest way to minimise impact is to follow existing tracks and carry out everything you carry in. If the track is blocked, don't widen the track and increase the damaged area by going around it: do what you can to repair or clear it, and if you can't fix it: report it.

Get information on the best times to travel to minimise disturbance of the ecosystem, such as when animals are not nesting, or when the soil is least fragile. Travel slowly and carefully: you'll see more!

What is the desert's name in northern China?

The Gobi Desert is the northernmost desert in China. It is located on the border with Mongolia.

How dry is the desert?

Yes, deserts are generally always dry. This is because the temperature in the dessert is too hot for rain to stick around. Once it begins to rain, it almost certainly almost immediately evaporates.

Why are deserts cooler in the winter?

Some do get very cold, typically sandy ones. While they are very hot during the day, the sand does not retain that heat, in the way that soil or even rocks can. So at night, with no sun, the temperature drops significantly.
Deserts do cool down rapidly at night as there is little humidity or cloud cover to hold the heat acquired during the day. The heat rapidly radiates into space.

What percentage of rain falls in the dry desert?

Your question makes no sense. Rainfall is not measured in percent but in inches or millimeters. I desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (260 mm) of rainfall per year on average.

Why there aren't very many trees in deserts?

Deserts generally do not have sufficient water to support many trees.

What languages are spoken in the deserts?

It depends on which desert you are referring to.

There is no particular language for desert dwellers.

Language depends on the geographical location and diversity of that location.

If you go to the Sahara desert in Africa you would probably find people speaking in Arabic but if you go to the That desert in India, you will find them speaking in Rajasthani . People of either of these deserts would not know the other's language.
There are many, many deserts and many, many nationalities and ethnic groups which live in deserts. There is no special language spoken in deserts.

What 6 states are mostly desert regions?

These states have considerable desert land:

Arizona

Nevada

New Mexico

Utah

Colorado

These states have some desert land:

California

Texas

What country does the deathstalker scorpian come from?

the deathstalker scorpion lives in the sahara desert in africa.

What is the temperature in hot and dry deserts?

In some deserts, such as the Mojave and Sahara Deserts, the temperature may approach 140 degrees F on a hot, summer day.

What are the similarities between Sahara and Ladakh Desert?

The only similarity is that both receive limited precipitation. The Sahara is a huge, hot desert located in northern Africa. The Ladakh is a cold, high mountain plateau desert in northern India,

How can you prevent desert droughts?

Deserts are naturally in a perpetual state of drought.

How many kinds of cacti are there in the Sahara Desert?

Counting all the cacti in a desert is a virtual impossibility.

What country is the Rub' al Khali' in?

The Rub al-Khali (aka 'the Empty Quarter') is in Saudi Arabia.

What us the minimum amount of rainfall a desert can have?

There is no minimum amount as some deserts go centuries with no measurable rainfall. The maximum is 10 inches (250 mm). More than 10 inches average in a year moves the region into the steppe climate.

What is the average precipitation in the summer in the desert?

less than 250 millimeters (10 in) per year
10 inches per year

Are fleas in the desert?

I have worked with native wildlife of the Chihuahuan Desert for many years and I can guarantee that fleas survive in the desert.

What would life be like if you could live forever?

'Live forever' means immortal, which means you can do anything!

Life will be the best!

What type of vegetation does hot desert have?

hot desert is high in temperature and low in water this means their is little or not at all any vegetation that happends in the hot dessert because if their is no water photosynthesis can not take place

Do camels don't need water?

Camels live without water for up to two weeks.

What is the largest peninsula that is mostly desert?

The Arabian Peninsula is almost entirely desert.

What region of Texas is similar to a desert?

Far west Texas falls in the Chihuahuan Desert and receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rainfall per year on average.