| There are 5 types
of desert according to the landscapes : |
 
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| Sand
desert --- a wavy sand sea |
| Stony desert
--- gravel surfaces |
| Rock desert
--- bare rock surfaces with huge pavement that kept clear of sand or gravel by wind |
| Plateau desert
--- rocky plateaux , deeply eroded wadis, buttes or inselbergs |
| (for details,
please refer to Action of Rain) |
| Mountain
desert --- bare and arid arrays of jagged rock peaks |
| ( The above
landscapes can be found quite close to each other, like the desert complex in North
America ) Want to know more
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| Deserts can be classified is
" Hot deserts" and " Cold deserts". |
| Hot desert
--- It has high daytime temperature for the whole year, though
rather cold at night as temperature may fall below 10oC (50oF) or
even below the freezing point When the maximum daytime temperature is above 40oC
(104oF). |
| Examples : Sahara,
Namib/Kalahari, Arabian, Iranian, Atacama, Australian and in North America: Sonoran,
Mojave and Colorado. |
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| Cold desert---
It has hot summers but extremely cold winters. |
| Examples : the desert
complex in Western North America (Great Basin), Patagonian, Turkestan & Gobi Deserts. |
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