By: Jaz’Shawna M. Little
Some deserts are found by mountains and are caused by rain shadow effect as air moves over the mountain range so it loses ability to hold moisture
Deserts are very hot in the day time. It usually is a 100 degrees Fahrenheit, but at night the same desert can have temperatures fall into the 40s or 50s.
It is sandy and mostly dry and has very few trees.
Addax Cactus wren Dingo Fat sand rat Fennec FoxJerboa
Lappet – Faced Vulture sidewinder Thorny devil Great- mouse tailed bat
saguaroBarrel cactus Old man cactus Prickly pear cactus Dragon tree Fish hooked cactus
Desert Spoon Century plant Chia Dogbane
* Approximately 1/3 of the Earth’s land surface is a desert. * Some deserts are hot and some deserts are cold.