Question

Write 6 characteristics of desert soil where it is found

Answer 1

Answer:

Characteristics of desert soil:

• Desert soils are dry, and tend to have clumpy vegetation.

• Desert soils form in areas where the demand for water by the atmosphere (evaporation) and plants (transpiration) is much greater than precipitation.

• Some desert soils support shrubs that goats and sheep enjoy for browse (eating).

• Desert soils may support some grasses, especially after a rain that animals can graze. Some desert soils are used by ranchers.

• Deserts cover 20 to 33% of the Earth’s land surface, and can be found in the tropics, at the poles, and in between.
• Depending on where the desert is the characteristics of desert soil may vary but almost every desert soil is too fertile and can grow anything depending on the water you irrigate it with. If you have access to river water then this desert soil will recover to form better soil with a lot of untouched minerals reservoir available for your crops.

Where Desert soil is found

• Namib Desert      – Africa
• Atacama Desert  – South America.
• Sahara Desert     – Africa.
• Gobi Desert         – China/Mongolia.  
• Mojave Desert    – Nevada/California.  
• Antarctic Desert – Antarctica.
• Sonoran Desert  – USA/Mexico.  
• Thar Desert         – India/Pakistan.