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More about God’s Amazing World

What Are Deserts Like? Deserts are very dry. Deserts can be very hot during the day (over 100 degrees). Deserts can be very cold at night (below freezing). Deserts cover 1/3 of the earth’s surface.

Deserts have little rainfall each year.

World’s Largest Deserts NameWhere is it?How big? SaharaNorthern Africa3,500,000 sq.mi GobiMongolia-China1,295,000 sq.mi KalahariSouthern Africa225,000 sq. mi. ChihuahuanU.S./Mexico175,000 sq. mi. Great BasinWestern U.S.158,000 sq. mi. Great VictoriaAustralia150,000 sq. mi. Great SandyAustralia150,000 sq. mi.

Arabian Australian Chihuahuan Kalahari Mojave Sahara Sonoran Atacama Gobi Great Basin Namib Iranian

Where Are Deserts Located? They are found in bands between 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south.

Desert Plants Be careful! Some will bite you!  Saguaro Cactus  Barrel Cactus  Old Man Cactus  Prickly Pear Cactus  Dragon Tree  Octillo  Desert Spoon  Boojum  Aloe  Joshua Tree  Yucca

Desert Animals do any of these sound scary to You? Addax Cactus wren Desert lark Dingo Fat sand rat Fennec fox Gila monster Great jerboa Great mouse-tailed bat Lappet-faced vulture Sidewinder Thorny devil

Fun Facts! Sand dunes can reach 927 feet tall! 13% of the world’s population live in deserts. No rain fell for over 40 years in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Sand covers less than 20% of the world’s desert areas. There are 1200 species of plants in the Sahara. Sahara=8% of world’s land area

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