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Golbi

Gobi
Gobi Desert
The Gobi Desert
127 Shuttle images of Gobi Desert
The Gobi Desert . . . And Also Camel Trivia You Never Wanted To Know
Gobi Desert
The Great Mongolian 'Gobi' Desert
Protecting the Gobi Desert.

Sahara

The Sahara
The Sahara Desert
The Sahara Desert
Sahara turned to desert in abrupt climate change
Grassy Sahara turned to desert in a few centuries
Deserting The Sahara

References

Life in the Deserts, by Lucy Baker. New York: Scholastic, 1990.

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Deserts

Deserts are areas that have less than 25.4 cm (10 in) of rainfall per year, with daytime temperatures reaching 55° C (131° F) and above during the day, and near freezing at night.. Most of our deserts lie along the equator, including the largest, the Sahara desert. In such regions, the evaporation rate exceeds the precipitation rate, because of the low humidity of the atmosphere.

Because of this extreme environment, plants and animals of the deserts have evolved adaptation that allow them conserve water to astonishing degrees.