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Deserts cover about 1/5 of the Earth's land surface. The coldest deserts are near the Arctic part of the world. Most hot and dry deserts are near the tropic of cancer. The average rain amount around spring are 15cm to 26cm a year. The cold deserts winter temperature in Winter ranges from -2 to 4 degrees Celcius, and hot desert temperature ranges 20 to 25 degrees celcius. In cold deserts plants are scattered, and in all areas with shade about ten percent of the ground is covered in plants. The soil in the Coastal Deserts is fine textured. If you walk bare foot in the desert then you could get second or third degree burns. For more facts about the desert please watch this video to enhance your learning experience. media type="custom" key="10799728"



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