Student Projects/Desert

INTRODUCTION

Desert can be classified into very hot and very cold deserts. Here existence is very difficult and the inhabitants here have adopted them to the geographical condition.

TYPES OF DESERT

Sub-tropical desert

Coastal desert

Cold winter desert

Polar desert

SUB-TROPICAL DESERT

It is very hot and dry where the existence is very hard. This type of deserts are found in Asia, Australia, Africa, North America and South America.

This type of desert has harsh climatic condition. It's hot and dry during summer, cooler and dry during winter with low rainfall and hot air. Evaporation takes place at a faster rate.

COASTAL DESERT

Coastal desert has warm and cool winters. Namib desert in Africa and the Atacama desert in Chile are coastal desert.

COLD WINTER DESERT

Sometimes they are known as semi arid desert. They have dry summer and winters. This type of deserts are found in North America, Russia, North Asia, Europe and Greenland.

The average temperature varies between 0.8 to 1.5 inches.

POLAR DESERT

Polar deserts are cold deserts which are covered with snow with limited moister in the air. They receive annual rainfall between 6-10 inches. This type of deserts are found in poles of the earth, covering much of the Antarctic in the southern hemisphere.