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Global warming is increasing the incidence of drought, which dries up water holes. Higher temperatures may produce an increasing number of wildfires that alter desert landscapes by eliminating slow-growing trees and shrubs and replacing them with fast-growing grasses.

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Some animals that live in desesrts are:

-Meerkat
(Suricata suricatta)
-Spiny Mouse
(Acomys)
-Monitor Lizard
(Varanus)
-Horned Viper
(Cerastes cerastes)
-Chuckwalla
(Sauromalus)

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Some plants that grow in deserts are:

-Elephant Tree (Bursera microphylla)
-Desert Sage
(Salvia eremostachya)
-Barrel Cactus
(Echinocactus grusonii)
-Palm Trees
(Arecaceae)
-Saguaro
(Carnegiea gigantea)

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Deserts are known for their low precipitation. It can vary accordint to the desert type:

-Hot and Dry: Average rainfall of 12 cm/year. Rain oftenly evaporates before reaching the ground.

-Semiarid: Average rainfall of 4 cm/year. Rain rate is overtaken by plant's dew condensation rate.

-Coastal: Average rainfall of 11cm/year. During night time, plants and animals do transpiration which evaporates during the day.

-Cold desert: Average rainfall of 24cm/year. Precipitation falls in the shape of ice and snow.

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Deserts can be classified by 2 aspects:

-Hot or Cold:
Depending on their average temperatures, deserts can be organized as hot: high temperatures in summer, strong winds, extremely low precipitation, low huidity; or cold: low temperatures, very low precipitation, dry air.

-Semi-arid or Coastal:
Depending on their localization, deserts can be organized as Semi-arid: located in continental areas; extreme temperatures; large rainfall, vegetation and humidity; or Coastal: located in edges of continental areas; low temperatures; low rainfall; large vegetation and humidity.

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Temperatures can vary according to the daytime and the type of desert.

-Hot and Dry: In the day up to 50ºC and in the night down to -18ºC.

-Semiarid: In the day up to 38ºC and in the night down to 6ºC.

-Coastal desert: In the day up to 30ºC and in the night down to -5ºC.

-Cold desert: In the day up to 25ºC and in the night down to -5ºC.

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The Desertic biome is known for its low rainfall. There are four major types of desert in this biome - hot and dry, semiarid, coastal, and cold. They are all able to inhabit plant and animal life that are able to survive there.