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Some of the largest deserts in the world: The driest deserts are the Atacama desert of northern Chile, South America, and the Lut Desert in eastern Iran these extreme deserts get less than half an inch (about 1 centimeter) of precipitation each year - and it is from condensed fog, and not from rain. Most desert animals are small.ĭesert Extremes: The biggest desert is northern Africa's Sahara Desert it covers roughly 3,500,000 square miles (9,065,000 square kilometers). Many desert animals do not have to drink at all they get all the water they need from their food. To avoid daytime heat, many desert animals are nocturnal they burrow beneath the surface or hide in the shade during the day, emerging at night to eat. Animals that live in the desert have adaptations to cope with the lack of water, the extreme temperatures, and the shortage of food. Some deserts, however, are always cold (for example, the Gobi Desert in Asia, and the desert on the continent of Antarctica).ĭifferent animals live in the different types of deserts. Some deserts get both very hot (during the day) and very cold (during the night, when temperatures can drop well below freezing). Desert plants (like cacti) are not abundant neither is animal life. Because of these dry conditions, there is limited plant and animal life in deserts. The desert is a harsh environment with very little rainfall and extreme temperatures a desert is defined as a region that gets less than ten inches of precipitation per year. Our subscribers' grade-level estimate for this page:Īn outline map of world deserts to print.ĭeserts cover about one fifth (20 percent) of the earth's land area. Today's featured page: Art Coloring Pages: 1100s-1300s
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