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Desert Biome
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Any barren region that supports very little life may be called a desert. The cold expanses of Antarctica, extreme northern Asia, and Greenland are therefore true, but cold, deserts. Most commonly, however, the term desert is used for regions th .... Middle of Term Paper ... Encyclopedia)
Temperatures range widely in deserts. The greatest daily fluctuations occur in deserts near the equator. Temperatures above 100o F (38o C) occur regularly in summer. "Azizia, 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Tripoli, in Libya, holds the record with 136.4o F (58o C), while Death Valley, Calif., comes close with 134o F (56.7o C). "(Genius book of world records 2000) Winters are cold in middle-latitude deserts, located far from the equator. "At Luktchin in central Asia the average temperature in July is 90o F (32o C), while the January average is 13o F (-10.6o C)--a range of 77 Fahrenheit degrees (42.6 Celsius degrees)"(Compt ... |
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