Deserts can be created when the air they receive passes over
the mountain range, it cools, and the moisture in the air is lost as rain as a
result, when the air gets over the mountain range it is very dry.
The desert makes up about 1/5 of the earth’s surface. Most deserts are located between 15’ and 35’ latitude, both north and south of the equator. The largest desert on earth is the Sahara desert in Africa, in the United States, the largest desert is the great basin
How much rain does the average desert get? How does the desert climate effect local geology? How does the desert climate effect the organisms that live there?