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Jun 21, 2024 · Learn about desert, a large, extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation, one of Earth’s major types of ecosystems. Explore the origin, distribution, and characteristics of hot and temperate deserts, and their plants and animals.
- Environment
Environment, the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic...
- Biota
Desert - Flora, Fauna, Ecosystems: In most cases floristic...
- Adaptation, Ecosystems, Communities
Desert - Adaptation, Ecosystems, Communities: Desert plants...
- Cold Desert
cold desert, any large arid area of land that typically...
- Polar Desert
Other articles where polar desert is discussed: polar...
- Desertification
Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and...
- Environment
4 days ago · Learn the differences between the High Desert and the Low Desert in California, two regions with distinct geography, climate, and lifestyle. See maps, photos, and key locations of each desert area.
5 days ago · A hamada is a type of desert landscape consisting of a high rocky plateau where the sand has been removed by aeolian processes. Other landforms include plains largely covered by gravels and angular boulders, from which the finer particles have been stripped by the wind.
5 days ago · The high position of the Sun, the extremely low relative humidity, and the lack of vegetation and rainfall make the Great Desert the hottest large region in the world, and the hottest place on Earth during summer in some spots.
5 days ago · Sahara, largest desert in the world. Filling nearly all of northern Africa, it measures approximately 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from east to west and between 800 to 1,200 miles from north to south and has a total area of some 3,320,000 square miles (8,600,000 square km).
- The Sahara exhibits great climatic variability within its borders, with two major climatic regimes differentiating along a north-south axis: the de...
- In Arabic the Sahara is called Al-Ṣaḥrāʾ al-Kubrā, or “the Great Desert.” The Arabic word ṣaḥrāʾ simply means “desert,” and its plural form, ṣaḥārā...
- Though boasting an extremely low primary productivity, the Sahara does manage to support some life. Many of the organisms that can survive have bee...
- People have lived in the Sahara long before recorded history, at certain times in regions that are now too arid for human inhabitance. Archaeologic...
- After World War II, prospecting revealed that the Sahara was laden with oil and mineral resources, which have served as a major attractor of intern...
Jul 3, 2024 · Mojave Desert, arid region of southeastern California and portions of Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, U.S. It was named for the Mojave people. The Mojave Desert occupies more than 25,000 square miles (65,000 square km) and joins the Sonoran, Great Basin, and Chihuahuan deserts in forming the North American Desert.
Jun 21, 2024 · The Mojave Desert, colloquially known as the “high desert,” is one of the well-known examples of a high desert. It is located between 2,000 and 4,000 feet (610 and 1,220 m) and is renowned for its unique ecosystem and stunning natural beauty.
