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DESERTS
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WORLD DESERTS:
A desert is an area that receives low amount of precipitation.
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ANTARCTICA DESERT:
This is located in the Antarctica region.
The coldest natural temperature ever recorded on Earth was 89.2 C/128.6 F at
the Russian Vostok Station in Antarctica on 21 July 1983.
Antarctica is a frozen desert with less precipitation.
This is the largest cold desert on the earth surface.
SAHARA DESERT:
This is the largest hot desert.
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This stretches from Red sea in the East to Atlantic Ocean on the West.
The Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea on the North.
Sudan and the river Niger on the South.
The highest peak in the Sahara is Emi Koussi (11,204 ft) in the Tibesti
Mountains in northern Chad.
ARABIAN DESERT:
This is the largest desert in Asian region.
It stretches from Yemen to Persian gulf and Oman to Jordan and Iraq. (Please look at
the map).
This desert covers eight countries in this region.
KALAHARI DESERT:
This is present in the south of the African continent.
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TAKLAMAKAN DESERT:
This is located in China.
This is bounded by Kunlun Mountains in the south.
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THAR DESERT:
This is also known as Great Indian Desert.
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