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Deserts
Geography lesson three
Term | Definition |
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Deserts | A dry,arid area of land that receives less than 250mL of precipitation. |
Cold Deserts | Cold deserts are permanently frozen with long, cold winters and short, mild summers. |
Arid | A area is arid when it as severe lack of water and can not support plant life. |
The rain shadow effect | An area having relatively little precipitation due to the effect of a topographic barrier, especially a mountain range, that causes the prevailing winds to lose their moisture on the windward side, causing the leeward side to be dry |
semi-arid | support short or scrubby vegetation. on the way to becoming arid |
Desertification | is the degradation of a area. it loses its water and vegetation, therefore becoming a desert. |
salinity | is the saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water |
AtmosphericProcesses | what happens in the Atmosphere |
Hydrologic processes | what happens in the water |
Geomorphic | Ground |
Biotic | Life |