0. Thanks guys! Just want to make sure I'm all good. Going to do a 12-16 week cycle of EQ and Prop when I get back (January), and thought I'd kick it all off with Deca for the joints. Great board you have here, BTW. I was a member of Elite for a while, but very happy that I've found my way over here.. Thanks guys! Just want to make sure I'm all good. Going to do a 12-16 week cycle of EQ and Prop when I get back (January), and thought I'd kick it all off with Deca for the joints. Great board you have here, BTW. I was a member of Elite for a while, but very happy that I've found my way over here.
Description. Desert biomes are the driest of all the biomes. In fact, the most important characteristic of a desert is that it receives very little rainfall. Most deserts receive less than 300 mm a year compared to rainforests, which receive over 2,000 mm. That means that the desert only gets 10 percent of the rain that a rainforest gets! The temperature in the desert can change drastically from day to night because the air is so dry that heat escapes rapidly at night. The daytime temperature averages 38Â°C while in some deserts it can get down to -4Â°C at night.
Where Are Deserts Located? Many deserts are found in bands along 30 degrees latitude north and 30 degrees latitude south (between the red lines on the map). Some deserts located by mountains and are caused by the rainshadow effect. As air moves up over a mountain range, it gets cold and loses the ability to hold moisture -- so it rains or snows. When the air moves down the other side of the mountain, it gets warmer. Warm air can hold lots of moisture, so it doesn't rain as much, and a desert is formed.