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Deserts
A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation
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Which African desert is the largest?
The Sahara is the largest desert in Africa. It covers almost the entire northern third of the continent.
Siberia is mostly taiga, with a tundra belt on the northern fringe, and a temperate forest zone in the south. It is not a desert.
Why is Antarctica called a frozen desert?
Answer Because it's so cold it can't rain making it the driest place on Earth.
Answer The world's largest desert is actually the continent of Antarctica; it is the world's driest place. It receives less than two inches of precipitation annually. Antarctica is 5.5 million square miles (14,245,000 square kilometers) in area.
Source: geograph.about.com ____ The definition of a desert is - no permanent surface water, no regular rainfall. Antarctica easily qualifies as a desert.
People think deserts are hot and contain sand, which is not true of Antarctica.
Antarctica is not hot but it is a desert because it is the driest continent on earth. Why is is dry? It is dry because it doesn't rain or snow in Antarctica. Antarctica is a cold, polar desert, and is different from other deserts.
Antarctica is a polar region, there is little precipitation, and no surface lakes or rivers.
The interior of Antarctica is considered one of the world's driest deserts because the extreme cold freezes water vapour out of the air. Annual snowfall on the polar plateau is equivalent to less than five cm of rain.
Antarctica is classed as the best visual dessert on earth.
However, Antarctica is also classified as a desert, given its extremely low -- about five percent -- average humidity.
Is the desert or the equator the hottest?
The coldest temperature measured was about -135 degrees F in Antarctica.
The hottest air temperature ever reliably recorded in a desert was 134 degrees F in Death Valley of the Mojave Desert in California on July 10, 1913. An even warmer temperature of 136 degrees was recorded a few years later in Libya but that has been discounted as inaccurate as it was not properly measured by untrained Italian soldiers. A recent ground temperature was measured by a satellite in Iran that was even hotter but the ground temperature does not reflect the temperature of the air above it. Anyone who has walked barefoot over an asphalt parking lot in summer can attest to that.
Why are rattlesnakes adapted to the Sahara Desert?
They adapted by burying themselves into the sand to get away from the scorching sun.
Why do desert plants grow far apart from each other?
Because the resources are scarce and therefore a wide area is needed by each plant to gather them.
Why are reptiles more suited for the desert than amphibians?
Amphibians require water to reproduce as their eggs do not have a water proof shell. that requires that the developing young be in water. Also, amphibians go through a process of metamorphosis Reptiles, most of them, lay eggs that are more waterproof and do not dry out. The young of reptiles are born as miniatures of the adults and do not require water sources to mature.
there is the eastern desert, western desert,
The three answers in Egypt are Libyan Desert, Nubian Desert, Arabian Desert, and Negev Desert
the northern desert, eastern desert, and the western desert
The general answer to this is the Sahara, which is a desert that stretches across much of North Africa and comprises all of Egypt except for those areas in the Nile River Valley and the Sinai Peninsula (which composes the Sinai Desert).
However, the Sahara is broken up into smaller areas of desert. East of the Nile River in Egypt is considered the Eastern Desert and extends into Sudan. West of the Nile River in Egypt is known as the Libyan Desert and extends into neighboring Libya, Sudan, and Chad.
What lives in desert besides camel and cactus?
Cacti are only natives to the deserts of the Americas. Even in the Americas, cacti are not nearly as common as one would think. There are many other plants in the desert that are much more common that the cactus.
What items are suggested for a trip in the desert?
a first aid kit, fresh clothes,and water
Also some sort of non perishable snacks like a chocolate bar for energy if you need a sugar fix.
definately a hat and sunscreen.
light clothing as dark absorbs the heat more
What is the name of the desert that runs along Africa's southwestern coast?
The Namib Desert is a long, coastal desert that runs along Africa's southwest coast, from southern Angola through Namibia to the Olifants River in South Africa.
Namibian Desert
Is Iran made mostly of desert?
No. Iran is made mostly of mountains. The Zagros mountains in the West, the Alborz mountains in the North, and the Lesser Caucasian mountains in the Northwest.
The only deserts are in the east. The "Dasht e Kavir" or "Great Salt Desert" and the Baluchistan Desert in the Southeast.
However, in the North, above the Alborz mountains and along the Caspian Sea coast, there are thick, misty forests. There are also many forests and plains along the Zagros mountain range in the West.
What are the two largest deserts in Africa and where are they located?
Namib Desert - Angola and NamibiaKalahari Desert - Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
its destroying land for farming and hard to slow down or even stop!
What percentage of area do deserts cover of the total land mass?
Deserts cover about 33% of the total land mass of the earth.
What are the jobs called the people have in the Chihuahuan Desert?
I live in a city in the Chihuahuan Desert and people can work at almost any occupation - doctor, lawyer, teacher, nurse, carpenter, truck driver, shop owner, mechanic, clergy, secretary, fast food worker, hotel worker, etc. The list is endless.
What is the desert that is located in the southern part of Africa?
Kalahari Desert.
In Namibia the Kalahari desert joins up with the Namib desert.
(The Sahara is the largest desert in Northern Africa.)
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The largest desert in Southern Africa is the Kalahari Desert. This massive desert covers an area of 359,075 square miles.
What animals can both live in the desert and the Arctic?
There are several.
- caribou
- polar bear
- arctic fox
- wolf/wolverine
- musk ox
- whales
- birds
- harp seals
- walrus
- ermine
- lemming
- arctic hare
- arctic ground squirrel
What is the southernmost desert in Africa?
The southern edge of the Kalahari Desert enters South Africa.
How can desert plants and animals live?
Plants:
Many desert plants (or those that are adapted to growing in arid environments) have shallow root systems, this enables them to trap and collect even the smallest amount of rain that falls (or even dew that forms on the leaves or ground).
They have "reduced" leaves, meaning that they have smaller leaves or even modified leaves (such as cactus spines). Leaf colour is generally light/ pale green, grey or silver to reflect as much sunlight as possible. Some leave are covered with small hairs which also reflect light. Stoma (pores on the underside of the leaves for respiration) are reduced in size and number. Additionally leaves have a "waxy" cuticle to protect the upper surface of the leaf from dessication. These adaptations assist the plant in reducing transpiration.
They may have modified leaves, stems or roots in order to store water - cactus stems and leaves, storage roots of the Protoasparagus plant etc.
Animals:
Many desert animals are nocturnal, only coming out to eat and hunt at night, during the day they will stay in crevasses or burrows out of the direct sunlight.
Some have large ears which help to regulate body heat (think of them like giant car radiators), these adaptations also help them to locate prey in low light.
What is the hottest desert in North America?
There are no true hot deserts in South America. The list of deserts on that continent are:
Patagonian Desert of Argentina and Chile.
Atacama Desert of Chile, Peru, Argentina and Bolivia
Monte Desert of Argentina
Guajira Desert of Venezuela and Columbia
Sechura Desert of Peru - also known as the Nazca Desert
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What is the highest temperature of Mojave Desert in degrees Celsius?
Temperatures have been as low as 8 degrees F in January and as high as 134 in summer (Death Valley record high).
