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What Is A Desert ?
desert- / dezert /
Noun
A dry, Barren area of land, esp. one covered with sand
Receive less than ten inches of rain a year
Many deserts have extremes in
temperature, with very high
temperatures in the day and cold
temperatures at night
Four major types of
desert are:
•Hot and Dry
•Semiarid
•Coastal
•Cold
Deserts cover about one fifth of the Earth's surface
The landscape of deserts vary
greatly; but all deserts have 1
thing in common . They are all
extremely dry, and can be one
of the harshest places on earth
Although you may not
always be able to see the
water in the desert, it is
often present. Water can
be found in two forms:
either surface water, or
water below the surface
called sub-surface.
Large, extremely dry area of
land with fairly sparse
vegetation. It is one of the
Earth's major types of
ecosystems. Areas with a
mean annual precipitation
of 10 in. (250 mm) or less
are generally considered
deserts. They include the
high-latitude circumpolar
areas as well as the more
familiar hot, arid regions of
the low and mid-latitudes.
Desert terrain may consist
of rugged mountains, high
plateaus, or plains; many
occupy broad mountain-
rimmed basins. Surface
materials include bare
bedrock, plains of gravel
and boulders, and vast
tracts of shifting sand.
Wind-blown sands,
commonly thought to be
typical of deserts, make up
only about 2% of North
American deserts, 10% of
the Sahara, and 30% of the
Arabian
desert. (Mirriam-Webster)
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