4 Geography · 4.1.7 Biogeography and soils of the world
4.1.7.5 Deserts of the world: hot and cold deserts and polar regions
Deserts are places of very low rainfall — hot deserts on the western sides of continents in the subtropics, cold deserts in mid-latitude interiors and rain shadows, and the polar deserts and tundra where cold, not heat, limits life.
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Key terms
- desert
- hot desert
- cold desert
- Sahara
- Arabian
- Kalahari
- Namib
- Thar
- Atacama
- Great Australian Desert
- Sonoran
- Gobi
- Taklamakan
- Patagonia
- Ladakh
- erg
- reg
- hamada
- oasis
- xerophytes
- cactus
- date palm
- Bedouin
- Tuareg
- San
- tundra
- permafrost
- mosses
- lichens
- Inuit
- Sami
- Antarctica
- Vostok
- Antarctic Treaty
- Maitri
- Bharati
- Himadri
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