difference between hot and cold dessert
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• Both places are dry, but temperatures vary in the two as the names suggest, hot and cold.
• Hot deserts are found in many tropical places of the world while cold deserts are found towards the Polar Regions or on mountains.
• Precipitation is low in both biomes, but evaporation is much higher in the hot desert than in the cold desert.
• Cold deserts experience long winters and short summers, but there are no seasonal effects taking place in hot deserts.
• Hot deserts feature the presence of reptiles and amphibians but not in cold deserts.
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Hot Deserts
With extreme temperatures present in both day and night, hot deserts are dry. However, these deserts are utterly hot during daytime but extremely cold at night. The usual temperatures reach 43° – 49° Celsius in daytime while it goes down towards -18° Celsius at night. The annual rainfall does not usually exceed 250 millimetres. Hot deserts can be found in almost all the continents; Sahara and Kalahari in Africa, Arabian Desert in Middle East, Great Victoria Desert in Australia, Gobi Desert in Asia, and Great Basin Desert in North America are some of the largest and amongst the most known deserts
With extreme temperatures present in both day and night, hot deserts are dry. However, these deserts are utterly hot during daytime but extremely cold at night. The usual temperatures reach 43° – 49° Celsius in daytime while it goes down towards -18° Celsius at night. The annual rainfall does not usually exceed 250 millimetres. Hot deserts can be found in almost all the continents; Sahara and Kalahari in Africa, Arabian Desert in Middle East, Great Victoria Desert in Australia, Gobi Desert in Asia, and Great Basin Desert in North America are some of the largest and amongst the most known deserts
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