Desert?
It is a vast plain of sands and stones, interspersed with mountains of various sizes and heights, without roads or shelters. They sometimes have springs of water, which burst forth, and create verdant spots.
The most remarkable of deserts is the Sahara. This is a vast plain, but little elevated above the level of the ocean, and covered with sand and gravel, with a mixture of sea shells, and appears like the basin of an evaporated sea.
In short, to be thirsty in a desert, without water, exposed to the burning sun, without shelter, is the most terrible situation that a man can be placed in, and one of the greatest sufferings that a human being can sustain; the tongue and lips swell; a hollow sound is heard in the ears, which brings on deafness, and the brain appears to grow thick and inflamed.
Location?
Desert is divided into Four groups: Hot and dry, semi-arid, Coastal and Cold deserts.
It is a vast plain of sands and stones, interspersed with mountains of various sizes and heights, without roads or shelters. They sometimes have springs of water, which burst forth, and create verdant spots.
The most remarkable of deserts is the Sahara. This is a vast plain, but little elevated above the level of the ocean, and covered with sand and gravel, with a mixture of sea shells, and appears like the basin of an evaporated sea.
In short, to be thirsty in a desert, without water, exposed to the burning sun, without shelter, is the most terrible situation that a man can be placed in, and one of the greatest sufferings that a human being can sustain; the tongue and lips swell; a hollow sound is heard in the ears, which brings on deafness, and the brain appears to grow thick and inflamed.
Location?
Desert is divided into Four groups: Hot and dry, semi-arid, Coastal and Cold deserts.
Hot and dry deserts
Where: North America, Central America, South America, Southern Asia, Africa, and Australia.
Popular: Mojave and Sahara.
Climate: Very hot and very dry, little precipitation.
Plants: Grow close to the ground, prickly pears, turpentine bush, and yuccas.
Animals: Live underground and nocturnal animal.
Animals: Kangaroo rats, snakes, lizards, and insects
Semiarid deserts
Where: North America, Europe, an dNorthern Asia.
Popular: Sonoran Desert.
Climate: Long, dry summers. Little rain during winters.
Plants: Grow spines or hairs, glossy leaves.
Plants: Sage, creosote and Mesquite.
Animals: rabbits, kangaroo rats, snakes, and lizards.
Where: North America, Central America, South America, Southern Asia, Africa, and Australia.
Popular: Mojave and Sahara.
Climate: Very hot and very dry, little precipitation.
Plants: Grow close to the ground, prickly pears, turpentine bush, and yuccas.
Animals: Live underground and nocturnal animal.
Animals: Kangaroo rats, snakes, lizards, and insects
Semiarid deserts
Where: North America, Europe, an dNorthern Asia.
Popular: Sonoran Desert.
Climate: Long, dry summers. Little rain during winters.
Plants: Grow spines or hairs, glossy leaves.
Plants: Sage, creosote and Mesquite.
Animals: rabbits, kangaroo rats, snakes, and lizards.
Coastal deserts
Where: Chile in South America
Climate: Dry, not hot, cool winters, warm summers. The mild summer season is longer than the winter.
Plants: Black sage, rice grass, and salt bush.
Animals: coyotes, some amphibians, birds and snakes.
Where: Chile in South America
Climate: Dry, not hot, cool winters, warm summers. The mild summer season is longer than the winter.
Plants: Black sage, rice grass, and salt bush.
Animals: coyotes, some amphibians, birds and snakes.
Cold deserts
Where: Antarctic(South Pole), Greenland, and parts of North America.
Season: Long, cold, lots of snow during winer season. Short, warm and moist during summer season.
Plants: scrubs.
Animals: Badgers, foxes, and many types of mice.
Where: Antarctic(South Pole), Greenland, and parts of North America.
Season: Long, cold, lots of snow during winer season. Short, warm and moist during summer season.
Plants: scrubs.
Animals: Badgers, foxes, and many types of mice.
Objectives:
- To create a website consist of information about desert.
- Served as an ecotourism company and have been asked to create a multimedia "website" for ecotourists to visit, some way to entice them to visit your destination.
- To educate students in and outside of school, as well as people with interests, about desert.
- As a fulfillment to a project in the AP Biology course in Ekamai International School
- To know deeper about this biome and as well as others.