Death Valley- Taylor Lee Death Valley is a desert located in the southwestern United States of America. This point is only 76 miles east of Mt. Whitney. Death Valley holds the record for highest reliably reported temperature in the Western hemisphere. This desert is surrounded by mountains, while its surface is mostly flat and devoid of plants.
The depth and shape of Death Valley influence its summer temperatures. The valley is a long, narrow basin 282 feet below sea level, yet is walled by high, steep mountain ranges. The clear, dry air and sparse plant cover allow sunlight to heat the desert surface. Summer nights provide little relief as overnight may only dip into the 86°F range.
Kalahari Desert: by . Anna Colebert The Kalahari Desert is a huge desert. Dunes of the Namib Desert, those of the Kalahari are stable and not wandering. The remarkable basin that reaches from the Orange River up to Angola, in the west to Namibia and in the east to Zimbabwe. Only in recent history, 10 to 20,000 years ago, were the dunes stabilised through vegetation, so the area should actually be called a dry savannah nests of the weaver birds in the camelthorn trees and in other acacias is a frequent sight in the Kalahari. The wind shaped the sand ridges, which are so typical of the landscape in the Kalahari. The sand masses were created by the erosion of soft stone formations. These inconspicuous little birds, which resemble sparrows, live in huge communal nests with a diametre of up to two meters. In Short, the Desert is amazing.
Chad Higley
Mojave Desert
Climate
· Receives less than 10 in. (250cm) per year · Generally between 3,000 and 6,000 in elevation · Contains Death Valley - temperature normally surpasses 120°F · Winter temperatures dip below 20°F · winter temperatures in valleys can approach 80 °F (27 °C) · Summer weather is dominated by heat · temperatures on valley floors can be above 120 °F · Badwater in Death Valley is 282 feet below sea level.
Sheldon Foley- Gobi Desert
Most deserts are really dried up lakes from millions of year ago. Sand is basically very small rocks that have been eroded from bigger rocks. Sand dunes appear because of the prevailing winds. The winds pick up the sand and throw it around, and when the wind stops, the sand falls to the ground. Deserts exist at many altitudes. The deserts in the United States are mountainous. But Death Valley is the lowest point on earth. Valuable minerals such as gold, oil (petroleum) are often found in desert areas. There are oil deposits in the Middle East that are piped to Israel, and then shipped to the United States. Water is rarely found on the surface of the desert, but when it is it doesn’t stay long. Other water can be found in underground rivers called aquifers. Though it is hard to get to that water because it is trapped in hard porous rock that forms the aquifers.
Scott Coneys-Sahara Desert The Sahara Desert is the largest non-arctic desert in the world. The Sahara desert is technically the third largest desert in the world; it is over 3,000 square miles long and wide. If it was possible you could put the USA and the desert together the would be relevantly the same size. The desert is close to about 3 million years old it was also calculated that it is about (538.ft). The deserts boundaries are the red sea and the Niger River on the south, the Atlantics Ocean on the west and the sea on the east
Kali Coast - Great Sandy Desert The Great Sandy Desert is the second largest Australian desert. It’s located in the north of Western Australia. It covers about 110,038 miles. In the summer, it gets to about 100 – 108F. Winter is about 77 – 86F. This desert is very flat and sandy. Rabbits, camels, and foxes are mostly seen. There is quite a few of thunderstorms.
Death Valley is a desert located in the southwestern United States of America. This point is only 76 miles east of Mt. Whitney. Death Valley holds the record for highest reliably reported temperature in the Western hemisphere. This desert is surrounded by mountains, while its surface is mostly flat and devoid of plants.
The depth and shape of Death Valley influence its summer temperatures. The valley is a long, narrow basin 282 feet below sea level, yet is walled by high, steep mountain ranges. The clear, dry air and sparse plant cover allow sunlight to heat the desert surface. Summer nights provide little relief as overnight may only dip into the 86°F range.
The Kalahari Desert is a huge desert. Dunes of the Namib Desert, those of the Kalahari are stable and not wandering. The remarkable basin that reaches from the Orange River up to Angola, in the west to Namibia and in the east to Zimbabwe. Only in recent history, 10 to 20,000 years ago, were the dunes stabilised through vegetation, so the area should actually be called a dry savannah nests of the weaver birds in the camelthorn trees and in other acacias is a frequent sight in the Kalahari. The wind shaped the sand ridges, which are so typical of the landscape in the Kalahari. The sand masses were created by the erosion of soft stone formations. These inconspicuous little birds, which resemble sparrows, live in huge communal nests with a diametre of up to two meters. In Short, the Desert is amazing.
Mojave Desert
Climate
· Receives less than 10 in. (250cm) per year· Generally between 3,000 and 6,000 in elevation
· Contains Death Valley - temperature normally surpasses 120°F
· Winter temperatures dip below 20°F
· winter temperatures in valleys can approach 80 °F (27 °C)
· Summer weather is dominated by heat
· temperatures on valley floors can be above 120 °F
· Badwater in Death Valley is 282 feet below sea level.
Most deserts are really dried up lakes from millions of year ago. Sand is basically very small rocks that have been eroded from bigger rocks. Sand dunes appear because of the prevailing winds. The winds pick up the sand and throw it around, and when the wind stops, the sand falls to the ground. Deserts exist at many altitudes. The deserts in the United States are mountainous. But Death Valley is the lowest point on earth. Valuable minerals such as gold, oil (petroleum) are often found in desert areas. There are oil deposits in the Middle East that are piped to Israel, and then shipped to the United States. Water is rarely found on the surface of the desert, but when it is it doesn’t stay long. Other water can be found in underground rivers called aquifers. Though it is hard to get to that water because it is trapped in hard porous rock that forms the aquifers.
Scott Coneys-Sahara Desert
The Sahara Desert is the largest non-arctic desert in the world. The Sahara desert is technically the third largest desert in the world; it is over 3,000 square miles long and wide. If it was possible you could put the USA and the desert together the would be relevantly the same size. The desert is close to about 3 million years old it was also calculated that it is about (538.ft). The deserts boundaries are the red sea and the Niger River on the south, the Atlantics Ocean on the west and the sea on the east
Kali Coast - Great Sandy Desert
The Great Sandy Desert is the second largest Australian desert. It’s located in the north of Western Australia. It covers about 110,038 miles. In the summer, it gets to about 100 – 108F. Winter is about 77 – 86F. This desert is very flat and sandy. Rabbits, camels, and foxes are mostly seen. There is quite a few of thunderstorms.
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