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Deserts
A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation
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Why does it never rain in a desert?
It is very possible to rain in a desert, it is just less likely than it would be to rain elsewhere.
Yes, but usually it rain less than a gallon a year. The least is about 1 inch.
of course there is rain in the desert, but they don't get as much. the highest they get is about 3 to 4 mm of rain.
What negative effects did humans have on the desert?
Firstly Humans have built Bloody Great roads in the Great Sandy Desert and have put holes all through the desert in search for the prized Australian Opal. There are many other affects on the Great Sandy Desert and all which have been negative. The worst impact is that humans use more water than the animals and have dried up many water holes this affects not just ourselves but also all the wildlife.
Are there a lot of plants in the desert?
It's difficult to account for how many cactus plants live in the desert. A census must take in private and public property. It also must cross borders from the United States of America into Mexico.
There are many and it is practically impossible to tell the exact number.
What is the climate in desert ecosystem?
The two main deserts in Utah are the Great Basin Desert and the Colorado Plateau Desert. Both are classified as cold winter deserts. Summers can be quite hot but winters can become bitterly cold and some snow may fall.
What animals in the deserts of the southwest US?
Numerous species of rats and mice
rabbits and hares
raccoons, coatis and ringtails
bobcats and cougars and jaguars
wolves and coyotes
deer and pronghorn and desert bighorn sheep
Wyoming has one desert, the Red Desert, a high altitude desert and sagebrush steppe located in south central Wyoming.
What is the city in the desert that is the world famous for its night life?
Las Vegas, Nevada, in the Mojave Desert is famous for its night life as well as day life.
What is the name of water bodies in desert?
Yes, some deserts have rivers or lakes. The Great Salt Lake is found in the Great Basin Desert in Utah.
What is the desert in northern China?
There are two major deserts in China - the Gobi Desert and the Taklamakan Desert.
What are the Arabian desert animals?
suck balls.... nah just kidding . desert animals are animals that live in the desert
What are some types of desert surfaces?
There are actually two kinds of deserts - hot deserts and cold deserts, However, cold deserts is further subdivided into:
Polar Deserts (eg: Antarctica)
Cold Winter Deserts (eg: Gobi Desert)
Cool Coastal Deserts (eg: Atacama Desert)
Do desert animals obtain water from cactus?
There are various methods animals use to find water in the desert.
- Some obtain their water needs from plants such as the cactus
- Desert oases are a source of water for migratory birds nd many other creatures
- Some animals survive on "metabolic water", the water that is produced when sugars and starches are broken down. Jerboas, for instance, never need to drink.
- Desert animals are specially adapted to the dry conditions. Most of them do not need to drink water, but obtain sufficient moisture from the foods they eat.
- Some desert animals burrow down deep to find water.
- Others are specifically "shaped" to collect water. For example, the body of the thorny devil in Australia is completely covered in sharp spikes which actually collect the moisture that condenses in the early morning (or the occasional rains) and channel it directly down towards its mouth.
Do people live in the California desert region?
As most of the Chihuahuan Desert is found in Mexico, the majority are Hispanic or Native Americans. However, in the portion of the desert in the United States you will find a mix of many racial and ethnic groups also.
What is an abiotic factor that limits the carrying capacity of animal species?
The availability of water is the limiting abiotic factor.
Which would be an adaptation in a rainforest but not a desert?
skin that blends in with green plants! :) (apex)
What happened because the cities of Sumer were separated by long stretches of desert land?
Because the seperation of the cities of sumer from the long stretch of the desert it caused famine .Which is when there is so little food and it causes people to starve.which also the israelites belived God gave moses the ten commandments and lead them back to canaan where they had united under King Saul.
Which desert is mostly in Chile?
The Atacama Desert, one of the two driest deserts on earth. It sometimes does not rain in certain parts of the desert for centuries. It is considered a cool coastal desert.
How many desert are in India with their names?
There are nine official deserts in Australia, and other regions which are not officially classified as "desert".
The three largest deserts in Australia are:
Great Victoria Desert (Western Australia): 424,400 km2 (163,900 square miles)
Great Sandy Desert (Western Australia): 284,993 km2 (110,036 square miles)
Tanami Desert (Western Australia and Northern Territory): 184,500 km2 (71,235 square miles)
Each of these deserts is either in or primarily in Western Australia, in the western third of the continent.
The Nullarbor Plain is an arid, limestone region extending for some 270,000 square km above the Great Australian Bight. Nothing is cultivated there, and in many respects its aridness places it within the category of desert, but there is little (if any) sand there.
Other deserts include -
Simpson Desert (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia): 176,500 km2 (68,145 square miles)
Gibson Desert (Western Australia): 156,000 km2 (60,230 square miles)
Little Sandy Desert (Western Australia): 111,500 km2 (43,050 square miles)
Strzelecki Desert (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia): 80,250 km2 (30,985 square miles)
Sturt Stony Desert (South Australia): 29,750 km2 (11,485 square miles)
Tirari Desert (South Australia): 15,250 km2 (5,890 square miles)
Pedirka Desert (South Australia): 1,250 km2 (480 square miles)
India is not a desert country but does have a desert. The largest true desert in India is the Great Indian Desert, also known as the Thar Desert, in northwest India on the border with Pakistan.
Where are cold deserts located?
The answer depends upon who you ask. Some say the Sahara has the hottest temperatures while others say the honor goes to the Mojave Desert (Death Valley). Yet another source says that Iran has recorded the hottest ground temperature.
Its northern half is primarily desert or arid, while its central and southern areas contain both savanna plains and very dense jungle (rainforest) regions. In between, there is a convergence where vegetation patterns such as sahel, and steppe dominate.
Are there more deserts than rain forests?
The reason that there are less animals in the desert is because the animals that live in the rain forest are used to having more oxygen due to the large amount of trees there. As there are less trees in the desert, there are less animals. This is why most desert trekkers use an oxygen tank.
What causes a rain shadow desert?
A rainshadow desert is an area of land that doesn't get a lot of rain due to tall mountain ranges. Therefore, the mountain is causing little rain to fall on the side of the mountain, which causes there to be a shadow behind the mountains. HA!!!
