Question

Did you know that like hot deserts there are cold deserts as well?
Find out about the features of both and the similarities between them.
Think of questions like these:
• What type of plants and animals are found there?
• What is the temperature in these deserts?
COLD DESERT
HOT DESERT
SIMILARITIES​

Answer 1

Answer:

Desert and Cold Desert

The Deserts are found on every continent and they cover more than 20% of the Earth's Land. On the basis of temperature, we can classify deserts into two types: Hot Desert and Cold Desert. Although both places are dry and have unfavourable climatic conditions, they are different from each other in terms of their climate and, flora and fauna. Let us see how they differ from each other!

Hot Desert:

Hot deserts are hot arid areas with little rainfall, extreme temperature and sparse vegetation. Generally, the deserts that are found in the tropical and sub-tropical regions (western coasts of continents) between the 15 degrees and 30 degrees north and south of the equator are hot deserts.

The annual rainfall in a hot desert is less than 250 mm that makes them very dry. Most of the hot deserts tend to lose water continuously as they are located on the path of trade winds. Their aridity is mainly due to the off-shore trade winds, so they are also known as Trade Wind Deserts. They are also devoid of cover of clouds due to the strong winds.

The maximum temperature in a hot desert generally remains over 40 degree centigrade. There is no cold season in the hot deserts. The highest temperature recorded so far is 57.77 degree c