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Tropical Desert

Tropical Desert. Julia S. and Andrew L. Background Information. The tropical desert is the hottest and driest place on earth The dry conditions is due to subtropical high pressure They are found in Baja California and interior Mexico in North America. . Average Annual Temperature.

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Tropical Desert

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  1. Tropical Desert Julia S. and Andrew L.

  2. Background Information • The tropical desert is the hottest and driest place on earth • The dry conditions is due to subtropical high pressure • They are found in Baja California and interior Mexico in North America. 

  3. Average Annual Temperature • Average Annual Temperature: 22.8 °C • The tropical desert has the highest mean temperature of any climate • The high temperatures are a result of the high sun angles highest percentage of sunshine • The sky remains cloud free

  4. Average Annual Precipitation • Average Annual Precipitation:81 cm • Precipitation in the desert is irregular • Low humidity causes evaporation of the little surface water • An entire year's worth of rain may fall in one downpour. • Temperature Range:21.2°C • Daytime temperatures can reach 50°C

  5. Limiting Factors • The most important is year-round presence of subtropical high pressure • Continentality linked often with rain shadow location. • cT air masses

  6. Fauna Information • Coyotes, Cooper’s Hawk, Screech Owl, Scorpions, Ring-tailed Cats, Antelope, Skunks, Mule • Adaptations of Funa include ways of avoiding heat, dissipating heat, retaining and acquiring water. • Desert animals are well adapted to the environment as they all have ways of dealing with low amounts of water and extreme heat

  7. Fauna Cooper’s Hawk Coyote Screech owl Ring tailed cat

  8. Flora Information • Saguaro cactus, Joshua Trees, Creosote Bush. • Xerophytes are plants that are well adapted to retaining water by having little or no leaves to transpire water. • Phreatophytes are plants that develop long roots to retain as much water as possible.

  9. Biodiversity • A tropical desert has a high diversity because there is a large diversity of different kinds of animals.

  10. Works Cited • Ritter, Michael E. (2003). Tropical Desert Climate. Retrieved October 20, 2008, from TPE Web site: http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/about_the_physical_environment.html • (1999). World Desert Map. Retrieved October 20, 2008, from Compare Info base Limited. Web site: http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-desert-map.htm

  11. Works Cited • Jay Sharp. Desert Palnts & Wild flowers. From DesertUSA. Web site:www.Desertusa.com • Sharryl Lattion and Melissa Femrite,desert.(1997) Thurston High School web site: http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/desert4/desert4.html

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