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Deserts
A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation
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What desert is a part of ten different countries?
the Sahara Desert covers 11:
Algeria
Chad
Egypt
Libya
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Niger
Sudan
Tunisia
Western Sahara
I don't know of any that cover 10...
Are deserts changing in size or shape?
Quite a few deserts are now becoming more and more dry over the years with all the global warming. In fact, deserts actually used to be lush and green, until they became too hot to support much plant life.
What is the average rainfall of the desert climate?
Each desert is different and has its own weather statistics. There is no 'one size fits all.' However, a desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation on average each year. Some deserts receive virtually no rainfall for years.
The Negev Desert is part of Israel (not the other way around).
What is one bird from the Sahara Desert?
A common bird in the western Sahara desert is the Ostrich. Some others include ducks, geese, flamingos, boobies, and swans.
Are polar regions considered arid desert areas?
Both are considered to have less than 25 centimeters of rain each year
What do you call group of people traveling in the desert?
A caravan is a group of people traveling together.
Coastal deserts are usually the result of?
Rain shadows and cold ocean currents can cause coastal deserts.
What are some parasites that live in the desert?
Fleas, ticks, mites, lice and mosquitos are all found in deserts.
What is an alliteration for plant and animals in the desert?
the examples of animals are :
. Armadillo Lizard
- Banded Gila Monster
- Bobcat
- Coyote
- Desert Bighorn Sheep
- Desert Kangaroo Rat
- Desert Tortoise
- Javelina
- Cactus Ferruginoug Pygmy Owl
- Sonoran Desert Toad
- Sonoran Pronghorn Antelope
- Thorny Devil
the examples of plants are :
- Barrel Cactus
- Brittle Bush
- Chainfruit Cholla
- Creosote Bush
- Crimson Hedgehog Cactus
- Desert Ironwood
- Joshua Tree
- Jumping Cholla
- Mojave Aster
- Ocotillo
- Palo Verde
- Pancake Prickly Pear Cactus
- Saguaro Cactus
- Soaptree Yucca
- Triangle-leaf Bursage.
What is the another name of Sahara desert?
Dunes...?
But there isn't really any other name for a Desert Biome.
What types of desert are there?
There are two major classes of deserts:
Hot Deserts such as the Sahara, the Arabian Desert and the Mojave Desert.
Cold Deserts such as Antarctica, the Gobi Desert and the Patagonian Desert.
The Patagonia Desert is mainly in Argentina, although small parts of it lie in Chile. This is the seventh largest desert in the world, at 670,000 square kilometers.
Which deserts is associated with Scotland?
There are areas of land which nothing grows but these are scattered widely.
Deserts can be created by:
*Below Freezing Temperatures. If an area is covered by unusable water (snow or ice) for a season or year-round, it is considered a tundra or cold desert (places like Antarctica are tundras). There is no moisture to sustain life.
*Low Rainfall. Some places just don't have very much rainfall, which can create deserts.
*Very High Altitude. High altitude areas can create deserts because of their aridity, low moisture content, and, sometimes, their distance from water.
*Rain Shadow. A "rain shadow" effect occurs when tall mountainous ranges block clouds from reaching an area of land. Air, pushed by the wind, cools and condenses moisture as it goes over the mountain. The air travels across the area and loses its moisture, making it get warm and expand. When it blows across the desert, the warm, desiccated air takes with it any remaining moisture in the desert.
*Sand or Salt. Sand or salt, being naturally dry, can create a desert.
I hope this helps!:)
What do you call hallucinating in the desert oasis?
Hallucinating anywhere is usually the result of a mental imbalance that can be brought on by certain substances, such as 'magic mushrooms' or LSD. If you are referring to a mirage, that is not an hallucination. It is an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert. An hallucination would only be visible to the affected person while a mirage would be visible to all in the area.
What kind of storms happen in the desert?
Yes, of course. Deserts have wind and dust storms and most deserts have a rainy season.
1. Deserts are the driest places in the world, with less than 25cm of rain per year. This includes Antarctica, where precipitation is also extremely low.
2. Deserts are not all sandy, and only about 20% of the earth's deserts are sandy.
3. Pebbly deserts in Australia are known as "gibber", which comes from the aboriginal word for "stone".
4. About one-third of the earth's land area is classified as desert, either arid or semi-arid.
5. There are many desert-dwelling species of animals which do not need to drink water, and desert-dwelling flora which captures and stores its water in unique ways.
6. Deserts can be hot (e.g. Sahara) or cold (e.g. Atacama desert or Antarctica).
- An estimated one-third of the Earth's land is arid and semi-arid desert.
- There are many desert-dwelling species of animals which do not need to drink water, obtaining all their moisture needs from the foods they eat.
- A desert is definied as any area which receives less than 250mm of precipitation per year.
- Earth's desert lands are divided into two sub-groups based on how much rainfall they receive: extremely arid lands have at least 12 consecutive months without rainfall, arid lands have less than 250 mm of rainfall annually.
- The world's largest desert is Antarctica.
- The world's largest hot desert is the Sahara.
temperatures can drop as low as 18 degrees Celsius and can get as high as 49
mountains keep it from raining
they cover about 1/5 of the earths surface
if you know anymore please add on
the desert is also used as a national park and that's true
What is Europe's largest desert?
The largest 'desert' in Europe is the Oltenian Sahara which is roughly 800km2 and located in Romania. It does not meet all the requirements of a true desert, however, and must be considered as semi-desert.
What is the longest desert in southern Africa?
The 3rd mainland bridge in Lagos, Nigeria
6 of October bridge in Cairo, Egypt spanning 20.5 kilometers (12.7 mi)-long; however that bridge spans mostly inland and only crosses the Nile at 2 places.
The Arabian Desert is the third largest desert in the world behind Antarctica and the Sahara.
The three largest deserts in the world are Antarctica, Sahara and the Arabian deserts. They both have cold weather as well as subtropical weather.
What desert is in the northwestern part of Mexico?
Actually, there are five deserts in the southwestern United States:
Sonoran Desert
Mojave Desert
Chihuahuan Desert
Great Basin Desert
Colorado Plateau Desert
there are many plants in the thar desert.
more than 1oo speises of grasses, herbs, shrubs, and trees are in the thar desert!
What are some biotics and abiotics of a desert?
the interactions of abiotic and biotic factors in the desert include things like a snake having a home under a rock a rabbit drinking from a stream things of that nature really any interaction of a nonliving thing (rocks, water, wind, even temp), abiotic factor, with any living thing (rabbits, snakes, plants), biotic factors.
What are the carnivores in a desert biome?
The carnivores of the various deserts depends upon the location of said desert but might include canines (wolves, coyotes, foxes, etc.) wildcats (bobcats, cougars, etc.), birds of prey, lizards, snakes, spiders and so forth.
