Deserts

I think they have glossy leaves to reduce water loss.

While cacti do store some water in the tissues of their stems, the belief that one only as to cut open a cactus to find drinking water is a myth. Not only that, many cacti have toxic substances in their tissues which would make you sorry you ever ate a cactus.

As with most animals, they drink water when it is available.

No, it would not be able to survive in that environment on its own. Some tropical houseplants can survive in a different climate if their owners take care of them correctly, but it wouldn't be able to just live if planted outside.

Frequently mountain ranges will block the flow of moisture laden air off an ocean from crossing into the interior of a continent. The moisture is forced upward by the mountains where it condenses and falls as rain or snow on the windward side of the mountains leaving a rain shadow desert on the leeward side. See the image above.

You may need:

water

sunblock

bug spray

tennis shoes

tents

food

sleeveless shirts

snake posion

first-aid

a container

cutting tool

purification tablets

boots

sleeping bag

thick warm sweater(at night it get's very cold in the desert)

The wind speed in the Sahara Desert varies significantly. However, It is famous for its wind, which often causes sand or dust storms.

No. There is way too much rainfall and water in the state for there to be any deserts there.

Yes. There are many kinds of pollution in the desert, including runoff from mining waste, radioactive dumpsites, urban sewage and other pollution from desert cities, leakage from toxic waste dumps, particulate matter in the air, and so forth. Many polluting industries are sited in the desert because it's seen as a place where nothing of value exists. People even haul toxic garbage to the desert for illegal dumping.

There is no single desert known as the Great Western Desert. The Great Western Desert refers to the region in Australia made up of three deserts: the Gibson, the Great Sandy and the Great Victoria deserts. This region is primarily in Western Australia, and also includes part of the Northern Territory.

The Patagonian Desert, the Monte Desert and a small part of the Atacama Desert are all in Argentina.

There are numerous animals that call the Chihuahuan Desert home. Here are some of them:

Cougar

Bobcat

Jaguar

Jaguarundi

Wolf

Coyote

Gray Fox

Red Fox

Kit Fox

Coati

Raccoon

Ringtail

Skunks (several species)

Badger

Opossums

Kangaroo Rats (several species)

Pack Rats

Ground Squirrels

Prairie Dog

Mule Deer

Desert Bighorn Sheep

Many species of rat and mouse

Eagles, Hawks, Owls, Ravens and Vultures

Many, many species of birds

Rattlesnakes - several species

Copperhead

Many species of non venomous snakes

Gila Monster

Many species of harmless lizards, including horned lizards

Box Turtles

Mud Turtles

Softshell Turtles

Several species of slider turtles

Texas Tortoise

Bolson Tortoise

Several species of toads and frogs

Tiger Salamander

and others!

Some catastrophic events that happened in the desert biome are the desert biome is characterized by low precipitation, a high rate of evaporation (seven to fifty times as much as precipitation), and a wide daily range in temperature. The dramatic temperature fluctuations are the result of low humidity, which allows up to 90 percent of solar radiation to penetrate the atmosphere and heat the ground during the day, then for this accumulated heat to be released back into the atmosphere at night.

Cactus will rot if they do not get a chance to dry out after being exposed to water.

They evolved in dry climates and have not developed any self protection against dangerous organisms that thrive in dampness.

The savanna receives more rainfall than the desert and has much more vegetation, primarily grasses, that support a greater variety of animal life.

The greatest agent of erosion is water which is rare in the desert except during the brief rainy season. Therefore, water erosion in the desert is much slower than in areas with more rainfall.

The three largest deserts in Africa are the Sahara Desert, the Kalahari Desert, and the Namib Desert. However, the Sahara (and possibly the others) are divided into smaller sections (for example, the Libyan Desert is a portion of the Sahara Desert).

The Sahara covers Northern Africa and is the largest desert in the world

There is a wide variety of species that can thrive in the desert. Just as a few examples, there are types of snakes (for ex. Rattlesnake), lizards, scorpions, roadrunner (type of bird), desert toad, Black widow (spider) and many more.

the people build houses out i animals bones and left overs and cut down leafs from trees and branches. it was easy to survive in these houses because they would pee on the leafs to make them hold and to make the inside cool. the people of Sahara used to have sex and designed their own condoms. as you might no there were not many people living their.

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There are 42 countries that have deserts. The Sahara Desert in Africa spans many countries, including Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. You can also find deserts in the United States, Australia, Columbia, and India, to name a few.
There are many countries with deserts. Some of these countries include the United States, Egypt, Israel, Australia, Mexico, and Iraq.

Deserts are a place of extreme temperatures. Since most (not all) deserts are away from large masses of water (oceans), there is no mechanism for temperature regulation. They can get extremely cold very quickly.

Some of them do and some varities don't. Here is web site I have found that's very interesting. The Barrel Cactus is used for candy, drinking and many other things. http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/june/papr/barrelcactus.html

There are 26 major desert areas of the world and each is different. However, in many of the isolated deserts there is no weather station to record the rainfall. A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain on average per year. Many deserts receive much less.