DESERT

BIOMES
By: Arralizze De Guzman
(BEEDIII-B)
WHAT IS BIOMES?
Is a geographic area
characterized by specific
kinds of plants and animals,
Deserts, Tropical rainforest,
and Tundra are all types of
biomes.
WHAT IS DESERT?
is formed by mountains
blocking the path of
precipitation
Can be hot or cold but they are
always dry
They receive less than 25cm of
precipitation annually
They cover 1/5 of the earths
DESERT AREAS
TYPES OF
DESERT
HOT AND DRY DESERT
Climate are warm all year around
and are extremely hot in the
summer. Usually they have very
little rainfall, making the climate
extremely dry and hard for plants
and animals to survive.
Temperature in day is 23 degrees
C. it can get hot as 49 degrees C.
OASIS
Oasis are parts of the desert where
plants grow and water is almost always
available.
It is formed by a pool of water trapped
between layers of rock and desert floor.
The can allow people to settle and
cover grow crops in the desert.
ARABIAN DESERT
SEMIARID DESERT
Semiarid desert are only located in
the Northern hemisphere due to
their unique setup and the
temperatures that they maintain
throughout the year.
summer temperatures average
about 23 degrees celsius , but it
never gets warmer than 38
degrees. In the evening, the
GREAT BASIN USA
COLD DESERT
Can actually very hot and dry during
in the summer, but in winter they are
brutally cold and dry with
temperature below freezing point.
Summer 21 to 26 degrees C. winter is
-2 to 4 degrees C. they receive snow .
Rainfall average is 15-26 cm a year.
GOBI DESERT AND
ANTARTIC DESERT.
COASTAL
DESERT

get more rain than their semiarid and

hot and dry desert; they can get up to
12 more centimeters every single year.
Summer are warn, with temperatures
rarely going above 20 degrees celcius.
It ranges 13-24 degrees celcius.
Winters are cool -3 to 6 degrees celcius.
ATAMACAMA OF CHILE
10 LARGEST DESERT IN THE WORLD
Rank Desert Area(km2) Area (mi2)

1 Antartic Desert (Antartica) 13,829,430 5,339,573

2 Artic Desert 13,726,937 1,003,600+

3 Sahara Desert ( North africa) 9,100,000+ 3,32,000+

4 Arabian Desert(Middle East) 2,330,000 900,000

5 Gobi Desert 1,300,000 500,000

6 Kalahari Desert( Africa) 900,000 360,000

7 Patagonian Desert(South 670,000 260,000

America)

8 Great Victoria Desert 647,000 250,000

(Australia)

9 Syrian Desert(Middle East) 520,000 200,000

10 Great basin dessert (North 492 190,000

America)

ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS TO DESERT ECOSYSTEM

Global Warming and Human

development are threatening desert
survival.
Drought
Directly affect the growth of vegetation
Global warming is raising Earths
temperature, increasing the chances of
severe drought.
IRRIGATION

Desert experience very little

rainfall
Trees and plants will not be
able to live on the remaining
water
The salt levels in the soil make
the soil unable to support life
HUMAN ACTIVITY IN DESERTS

Human activity causes deserts to

expand.
Rapid loss of fertile land causes deserts
to expand.
Too much grazing causes plant life to be
destroyed.
Mining, improper farming methods, and
tree destruction causes desert
expansion.
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