Question

what is cold desert

Answer 1

Cold deserts have hot summers but extremely cold winters. These deserts are found in high, flat areas, called plateaus, or mountainous areas in temperate regions of the world. Temperate regions lie between the polar regions and the tropics. Like other types of desert, cold deserts get very little rain or snow.

Answer 2

It means at the night time the temperature of desert fallen upto -1 °.

So, the desert are called as cold deserts.