Map Of The World Deserts

Map Of The World Deserts. Deserts primarily occur in two bands of latitude in the world Deserts and xeric, or dry, shrublands rarely receive more than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rainfall annually


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It includes the Sahara, Kalahari, Gobi, Namib, Atacama, Patagonian, and others There are both hot and cold deserts, classified into semiarid, arid, and extremely arid or rainless deserts based on the total annual precipitation

As the air continues to move away from the equator most of its moisture has already been dropped, and there is virtually nothing left by the time it reaches the location of the world's deserts These bone-dry ecosystems have an abundance of life and are characterized by. MAJOR DESERTS OF THE WORLD A desert is any place that receives less than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain per year

. Earth's polar deserts cover nearly 5 million square kilometers of surface. The largest desert in the world is the Antarctic Desert located in the Southern Hemisphere in the continent of Antarctica

Deserts Of The World Map Labeled. The Carcross Desert, located in Yukon, Canada is generally considered the smallest desert in the world, with an area of only about 2.5 square kilometers Although some definitions of the desert also include areas that are too cold to support vegetation, such as frigid deserts, the world desert map shows the distribution of only those areas that are.