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Taming the Spreading Desert

Taming the Spreading Desert. What are deserts?. How do deserts look like?. Can you find any vegetation in deserts?. Can you think of some words to describe a desert?. What are deserts?. dry areas with annual rainfall of less than 250 mm with little or no vegetation

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Taming the Spreading Desert

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  1. Taming the Spreading Desert What are deserts?

  2. How do deserts look like?

  3. Can you find any vegetation in deserts?

  4. Can you think of some words to describe a desert?

  5. What are deserts? • dry areas • with annual rainfall of less than 250 mm • with little or no vegetation • sandy, stony or rocky surface

  6. Types of deserts • Deserts can be divided into 2 types according to climate: • tropical deserts • temperate deserts

  7. Distribution of deserts Great Australian Desert Patagonian Desert Gobi desert Arabian Desert Taklimakan Desert SW USA Desert Sahara Desert

  8. World deserts Tropical deserts (15-30ºN, 15-30ºS)

  9. World deserts Temperate Deserts (35-45ºN, 35-45ºN)

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