Deserts cover about 20% of the earth's land area. Some deserts get very hot during the day and very cold at night. Desert plants can soak up water and store it in thier leaves. They grow hairs and spines which help them to keep moisture in. They protect them from the sun and from hungry animals. The Thorny Deveil is a type of lizard that lives in the desert. It has large bristles and spines. Its has spines above each eye and a spiny hump behind its head.
There are four main, interlinked causes of hot deserts
The formation of the subtropical high-pressure cell. The rain shadow effect in the belt of easterly trade winds. The effect of the cold currents off the west coast of the continents at these latitudes. The depositing sands of a desert along its border into the
The Saharan desert is near the Equatour and the desert is also very very big infact it is miles upon miles long!
ReplyDeleteDeserts cover about 20% of the earth's land area. Some deserts get very hot during the day and very cold at night. Desert plants can soak up water and store it in thier leaves. They grow hairs and spines which help them to keep moisture in. They protect them from the sun and from hungry animals. The Thorny Deveil is a type of lizard that lives in the desert. It has large bristles and spines. Its has spines above each eye and a spiny hump behind its head.
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ReplyDeleteDeserts are increasingly seen as sources for solar energy.
ReplyDeleteThere are four main, interlinked causes of hot deserts
ReplyDeleteThe formation of the subtropical high-pressure cell.
The rain shadow effect in the belt of easterly trade winds.
The effect of the cold currents off the west coast of the continents at these latitudes.
The depositing sands of a desert along its border into the