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Weather patterns in deserts.

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Deserts get 250 milliliters of rain on average per year but can range anywhere from under 250 mills to 28 centimeters depending on the location and season.

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Most scientists agree that most desert areas don't get much more than 26 centimeters of rain annually. In deserts there is very little water and evaporation often exceeds precipitation and plants and other organisms struggle to survive.

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Dry soil called Entisols.

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Soil in most deserts are called Aridisols although the evn dryer deserts soil is called Entisols.

According to Polar desert soils the pH spreads from approximately 4.4 to 7.9.

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A desert climate is a climate where there is more evaporation than precipitation.

There are a few deserts containing layers of ice or frost such as Polar deserts like the Arctic.

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Main threats to biome - Global warming: Increasing the incidence of drought drying up of the little water holes consisting in deserts.
Wild Fire:
These wildfires alter the deserts vegetation endangering and removing slow growing tress and shrubs with rapid growing grass turning our deserts into grasslands.

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Desert altitudes usually range from 2400 meters to 6000 meters.

Although some deserts are extremely hot with temperatures at around 54 degrees celcius, there are also cold deserts with mean temperatures around -2 to 4 degrees celcius, both providing habitats to a variety of plants and animals.

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characteristics of bird species - Most desert birds have excellent kidney's so they excrete little to no liquids and hide in the little nooks and crannies of shade during the heat of the day to prevent them from using to much water panting. They gain a lot of water by absorbing the moisture in their diet.

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Characteristics of reptile species - Most desert reptiles have scales which prevent them from sinking into the sand. other reptiles burrow themselves into the sand to escape from the dessert heat or to search for small animals they prey upon.

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Characteristics of mammals found in this biome - Mammals tend to have thick fur on their feet protecting them from the heat of the desert's floor. They use their bat like ears to radiate body heat and keep them cool. Their long and thick hair insulates their body's keeping them cool when it's hot and keeping them warm when it's cold.

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Provinces you can find the dessert biome in include, the Eastern, Western and Northern Cape.

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General physical characteristics:
Low Rainfall - Low rainfall is the most obvious environmental factor. Although the desert climate is very hot and dry, there is an abundance of animal life. Scorpions, different species of vipers, and lizards live in the desert. There is intense sunlight and heat which makes water resources very scarce. There is sparse vegetation which provides very little space for animals to seek shelter.

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Characteristics of plant species - Plants in the dessert are lowing growing structed plants with stable leaves that can conserve water. Such as cacti or succulents.

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One endangered animal - The Black Rhinoceros believe it or not was once a hotspot species in South Africa's very Karoo, however, the Black Rhinoceros is now critically endangered in deserts all around South Africa.

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There are no important cities found in the deserts of South Africa, however, there are main town, the most importing being, Montagu, Ladismith and Barrydale.

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Economic importance of the desert biome -
The economic importance of the desert is related to its abuse in mining resources which date back a couple dozen years. All the deserts in the world contain an average of 65% of the world oil resources. The desert is the home of mining resource therefore become important in an economic factor as commodity trade take role.

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National parks found in the deserts of South Africa is the Karoo National Park and sections of the Namaqua National Park.

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Map displaying the location of our biome in South Africa