Durham County, North Carolina (NC) County population in 2014: 294,460 (94% urban, 6% rural); it was 223,314 in 2000. County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 48,169. County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 11,130. County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 48,278.
Desert soil with little vegetation cover is submitted to large fluctuations in daily and annual temperatures. Thus, although the mean annual temperature does not indicate extreme temperatures, summer temperatures during daytime can become very high, while night temperatures can be very low.
Most deserts get less than ten inches of precipitation each year and evaporation usually exceeds rainfall. Deserts â regions where more water evaporates from the ground than is replaced by precipitation â are generally extremely hot, but some, like the Gobi in Asia, experience very cold winters. And deserts that are hot during the day may become cold at night because they lack the insulation provided by clouds and humidity. Plants, animals and other organisms that live in deserts have evolved to survive harsh conditions, scarce water and barren landscapes. Some desert habitats are short-livedâspringing up to brighten the landscape only when the rains come.