DESERT BIOME Any barren region that supports very little life may be called a desert. The cold expanses of Antarctica, extreme northern Asia, and Greenland are therefore true, but cold, deserts. Most commonly, however, the term desert is used for regions that are barren because they are arid, or dry. Arid deserts receive little precipitation and are characterized by specialized plants that tolerate drought conditions and salty soils, and by distinctive land features. Most desert …showed first 75 words of 841 total…

…showed last 75 words of 841 total…animal. Although this vast arid land is so harsh adaptation has played its part to supply these deserts with abundant source of life. Deserts are found on every continent but Antarctica. Here are the deserts found in North America. North America Area (Sq. Miles) Great Basin (southwestern United States) 190,000 Chihuahuan (northern Mexico) 175,000 Sonoran (southwestern U.S. and Baja California) 120,000 Colorado (California and northern Mexico) - Yuma (Arizona and Sonora, Mexico) - Mojave (southwestern United States) 25,000