That word would be dry.
Xero is that word.
Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands, is considered to have a desert climate.
Yes, the word 'desert' 'desert' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a dry, barren area of land, a word for a place.The word 'desert' is also a verb and an adjective.
that the desert probably had a wet climate at one time
The Sonoran Desert has a hot subtropical desert climate.
No one can answer that question unless you specify a particular desert. Each has its own climate.
It is not always a tropical desert. The climate in the southern part if the desert is a dry, tropical climate, while the climate in the northern part of the desert is a dry, subtropical climate.
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Describe the essential features of the climate of the Mojave Desert?
No, it is not. A desert is a biome. A climate would be the meteorological conditions, such as "hot and dry".
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