Print
Word
PDF|
This section contains 741 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
Although desert climates vary, they are always extreme.
Temperature
In hot deserts, days are usually sunny and skies cloudless. During the summer, daytime air temperatures between 105° and 110°F (43.8° and
| Name | Type | Location | Approximate Size |
| Arabian | Hot; extremely arid and arid | Arabian Peninsula | 900,000 square miles (2,330,000 square kilometers) |
| Atacama | Hot; extremely arid and arid | Chile | 54,000 square miles (140,000 square kilometers) |
| Australian | Hot; arid and semiarid | Australia | 600,000 square miles (1,500,000 square kilometers) |
| Death Valley | Hot; arid | California (United States) | 5,312 square miles (13,812 square kilometers) |
| Gobi | Cold; arid and semiarid | China, Mongolia | 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 square kilometers) |
| Kalahari | Hot; arid | Southern Africa | 19,300 square miles (500,000 square kilometers) |
| Mojave | Hot; arid | California and Nevada (United States) | 25,000 square miles (65,000 square kilometers) |
| Namib | Hot; arid | Botswana, eastern Namibia, and northern South Africa | 52,000 square miles (135,000 square kilometers) |
| Negev | Hot; arid | Israel | 4,700 square miles (12,170 square kilometers) |
| Patagonian | Cold; arid | Argentina | 260,000 square miles (673,000 square kilometers) |
| Sahara | Hot; extremely arid and arid | North Africa... |
|
This section contains 741 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
