Hot Desert Research Paper

Deserts There are deserts all around the world, and that is what I am going to be talking about. There is one dessert which takes up ten percent of Africa. The name of that desert is the Sahara Desert and it is a subtropical desert. Australia has the most deserts. The deserts in Australia are some of the biggest deserts in the world. The names of those desserts are the Great Sandy Desert the Gibson Desert the Simpson Desert the Tanami Desert, and the Great Victoria Desert. Even the United States of America has deserts. The Mojave Desert and Death Valley are right here in California.

Hot Desert climates usually feature hot,sometimes very hot periods during the year. In many desert climates, temperatures can reach [c104] fahrenheit in the summer and can soar over [113] in the hottest regions. The soil in the desert is very dry. The name of the soil is aridisols because it is dry, and it is hard to grow crops in the desert.

The prickly pear can be easily identified by its broad,flat,green pads. The white spikes are 3 inches long and can be flat,curved, or tiny barbed hairs known as the glochids. The also have little flowers on them. The palo verde plant is native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, and some can be found in Florida. The saguaro cactus is one of the special plants of the Sonoran Desert;and they are the classic image of a desert cactus with arms. These arms generally bend upward and can number over 25. The zebra tail lizard that has a black and white tail like a zebra. They can be found in Arizona. The zebra tail lizard eats flies,ants and other insects. The bactrian camel is large two humped back. They live in Central Asia. The bactrian camel looks like the normal camel but they have two