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By : Jose Marco Izaguirre. DESERTS. Deserts cover about one fifth of the Earth's land surface. Most Hot and Dry Deserts are near the Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn. Cold Deserts are near the Arctic part of the world .
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By: Jose Marco Izaguirre DESERTS
Deserts cover about one fifth of the Earth's land surface. Most Hot and Dry Deserts are near the Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn. Cold Deserts are near the Arctic part of the world. Hot and Dry Deserts temperature ranges from 20 to 25° C. The extreme maximum temperature for Hot Desert ranges from 43.5 to 49° C. Cold Deserts temperature in winter ranges from -2 to 4° C and in the summer 21 to 26° C a year DESERTS
Hot and Dry Desert Is, as you can tell from the name, hot and dry. Most Hot and Dry Deserts don't have very many plants. They do have some low down plants though. The only animals they have that can survive have the ability to burrow under ground. This is because they would not be able to live in the hot sun and heat. They only come out in the night when it is a little cooler.
A cold desert is a desert that has snow in the winter instead of just dropping a few degrees in temperature like they would in a Hot and Dry Desert. It never gets warm enough for plants to grow. Just maybe a few grasses and mosses. The animals in Cold Deserts also have to burrow but in this case to keep warm, not cool. ColdDeserts That is why you might find some of the same animals here as you would in the Hot and Dry Deserts.
Animals in theDesert Bobcat Armadillo Lizard Camel Banded Gila Monster
Wait…there’s more Coyote Javelina DesertTortoise DesertBighornSheep SonoranPronghorn Antelope DesertKangarooRat
Plants in theDesert • BarrelCactus • Brittle Bush • Chainfruit Cholla • Creosote Bush • CrimsonHedgehog Cactus • DesertIronwood • Joshua Tree • Jumping Cholla • MojaveAster • Ocotillo • Palo Verde • PancakePricklyPear Cactus • Saguaro Cactus • SoaptreeYucca • Triangle-leafBursage
All months have average temperatures over 64° F (18° C). Dry Desert climates are formed by high-pressure zones in which cold air descends. Then the descending air becomes warm but, instead of releasing rain, the heat from the ground evaporates the water before it can come down as rain! The ground is super hot because the sun's rays beat down on it directly overhead. Not a lot of atmosphere to protect it from radiant energy. DesertClimate
By the way, approximately 1 in. (.25 cm) of rain falls in dry deserts per year. The average annual temperature of these miles of hot sand is 64° F (18° C). Plants of the Dry Desert have adapted to the lack of water by using dew for moisture and taking in water through their leaves and stems.
Sahara is considered as the world’s largest desert. This desert belongs to the subtropical type of deserts and lies in northern Africa. Sahara Desert Sahara measures about 800-1200 miles from south to north and about 3000 miles from west to east.
The area of this desert is about 3,500,000 square miles. This desert is as big as whole continent of Europe or United States and covers almost all of northern Africa.
Great BasinDesert • Great basin is cold winter type desert of North America. This desert is spread over the area of 190,000 square miles. • The desert in most noted for the drainage system. It has an internal drainage system; its precipitation is closed in the region and does not allow it to merge in sea. The Great Salt Lake also lies in this desert.
DESERT ZONES AROUND THE WORLD GREAT BASIN SAHARA
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