what are the facts of hot and cold desert and write a paragraph on it
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cold desert
Cold deserts are arid ecoregion that feature cold winters compared to those witnessed in hot or mild deserts. Cold deserts exhibit much stronger seasonality than other kinds of deserts and feature winter mean temperatures at or well below freezing. They often see snow squalls and blowing snow although they are dry and parched overall. Despite the cold winters, most cold non-polar deserts will still see hot summers.
Examples
Gobi Desert
Taklamakan Desert
Kyzylkum Desert
Great Basin
Ladakh
Patagonian Desert
Antarctica (polar desert)
hot deserts
Hot deserts are mostly in the subtropics. They can be covered by sand, rock, salt lakes, stony hills and even mountains. Most non-polar deserts are hot in the day and chilly at night. The temperature in the daytime can reach 50 °C (122 °F) or higher in the summer, and dip to 0 °C (32 °F) or lower at night time in the winter.
The largest hot desert in the world is the Sahara in North Africa. It is almost as large as Europe or the United States. The Sahara desert is also the hottest desert in the world.
The driest desert in the world is the Atacama Desert in South America. The Atacama Desert had no rain for 401 years, between 1570 and 1971. This desert is caused by a cold ocean current.
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