Deserts

A temperate desert is farther from the equator but has hotter days and colder nights.

You see, an oasis is an area in the desert where water has risen to the surface, and has pooled to create a pond. There, plant life can grow, such as grasses and shrubs, and if the oasis lasts lon enough, sometimes trees.

A lot. If you use the most broad definition of desert the list of insects living in those areas would be pages and pages long, and continue growing as scientists keep discovering new insects. If you are looking for more specific information please ask a more specific question.

The desert that is nearest to Virginia is the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico and West Texas.

The biggest desert is in North Africa and is called the Sahara Desert! Correction: Whilst the Sahara Deserts is indeed the largest hot desert, the world's biggest desert is Antarctica.

In the U S desert, there are birds of prey like hawks and owls that will eat other birds and hares (wild rabbits). There are coyote that will eat any other animal smaller than itself that it can catch.

Dry flat lake beds in arid areas are called playas.

The temperature range in deserts are quite high because deserts are generally very cold at night and very hot in the day time. most deserts have a mean temperature range of about 32 degree celsius.
Each desert has its temperature range. Overall, temperatures in Antartica can plunge to well below -100 degrees F. while in Death Valley it can rise to +134 degrees F.

nope Lebanon is NOT a desert ... it snows out there

^

Um.. I'm Lebanese, and right now (January) it is about 3 degrees Celsius in Beirut. In the mountains, it goes down to a negative fifteen degrees. In summer it reaches up to 40 degrees Celsius in Beirut and up to thirty in the mountain. The climate here is called Temperate.

Cougars, wolves, coyotes and larger bobcats may kill and eat a fox in the deserts of North America.

They have camaflage to hide from predators and many animals that live in the desert have homes underground in burrows.

Cacti are natives of the Americas only and not found naturally in the Arabian Desert.

There is only one Desert listed in Italy, however it is what they call a semi-desert. It is a semi-arrid region near Tuscany called the Accona Desert (Deserto di Accona). It is characterized by calanques and dome-shaped formations locally known as biancane, which is derived from the Italian bianco, white, due to their light shade.

The Accona Desert is home to medieval abby of Monte Oliveto Maggiore.

The Atacama Desert is located in Chile along with a small part of the Patagonian Desert.

Yes they have deserts.

Reason:

Some deserts get both very hot during the day and very cold during the night, when temperatures can drop well below freezing. Some deserts, however, are always cold, for example, the Gobi Desert in Asia and the desert on the continent of Antarctica.

As with all bio mes, the desert climate is determined by geographic conditions. Geographic conditions such as location, high atmospheric pressure and proximity of mountain ranges determine just what type of desert it is.

The are certain very cold places which receive a desert-like rain-fall however in these places evaporation is close to nil particularly in winter so there is alway some 'water' around albeit in the frozen state. A large portion of the Canadian arctic is just such a place, a cold desert, at the same time possessing a large fraction of the world's fresh water.

Yes, deserts can have severe weather. Severe thunderstorms in the summer are a common occurrence in deserts of the United States. These often bring flooding rains, strong winds and hail. Dust storms are common in some deserts. Even snow storms or blizzards are not unheard of in deserts.

A cactus has adapted to life in the desert by the following modifications:

1. It survives on a small amount of water, as water is scarcely available in deserts.

2. It has developed sharp thorns to protect itself against desert animals looking for plants to eat.

3. It does not have many leaves/branches as more leaves mean more evaporation [escape of water from its body] in the desert heat.

4. It has thick leaves to prevent escape of water.

Climate in the desert varies with location but in some desert areas it can get quite cold, especially at night. Some desert areas also may receive snow, although it generally melts in a short time.

The rainy season varies from desert to desert. Some deserts primarily have a wet summer, others in the winter while some have a brief summer rainy season as well as a brief winter rainy season.

Although it is the second driest continent, Australia would not be considered a desert. Less than half of Australia is desert (around 44%). Altogether, 70% of Australia is arid or semi-arid, but even the semi-arid is quite useable, for the most part. The rest of the landscape is made up of a variety of grasslands, rainforest, bushland, mulga scrub, alpine regions, lakes, rivers, beaches, etc.

There are thousands of species of plants and animals that are adapted to living in deserts around the world. To list them all here would be virtually impossible.