Hot and Dry Deserts are warm throughout the fall and spring seasons and very hot during the summer. the winters usually have very little if any rainfall. Cold Deserts have quite a bit of snow during winter. The summer and the beginning of the spring are barely warm enough for a few lichens, grasses and mosses to grow.

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During the day, desert temperatures rise to an average of 38°C (a little over 100°F). At night, desert temperatures fall to an average of -3.9°C (about 25°F). At night, desert temperatures fall to an average of -3.9 degrees celsius (about 25 degrees fahrenheit).

The Gobi Desert is dangerous and dry. There is a little water, but is rare, and an oasis is very rare. The Taklamakan Desert, China’s other desert, is the second largest desert in the world. Crossing the Taklamakan is dangerous and can be deadly.

Think of a climate that reaches 45 degrees in summer and drops down to minus 40 degrees in winter. Endless sand dunes, scorching heat or freezing cold, scarce water resources, and arid months without one drop of rain… A camel needs to drink at least 50 liters of water a day. …

In the Gobi desert of northern China and southern Mongolia recurring drought, extreme cold, wind and dust storms are the dominant hazards yet disasters vary significantly in the two countries.

The main threat is illegal hunting of the camels for their meat. In the Gobi Reserve Area, 25 to 30 camels are reported to be poached every year, and about 20 in the Lop Nur Reserve. Hunters have been killing the camels by laying land mines in the salt water springs where the camels drink.

Cold deserts have hot summers but extremely cold winters. The Gobi Desert in Central Asia is one of the coldest deserts in the world. In winter, temperatures can drop to -40ºF (-40ºC.) Many scientists consider Antarctica to be a type of cold desert because it gets very little rain or snow.

The Gobi is situated in a rain shadow created by the Himalayas, which blocks most rain and snow from reaching the desert and warms the air. However, on average, it does receive just a little over 19 centimeters, or 7.6 inches, of precipitation a year.

These winds may cause the Gobi to reach −40 °C (−40 °F) in winter to 45 °C (113 °F) in summer. However, the climate of the Gobi is one of great extremes, combined with rapid changes of temperature of as much as 35 °C (63 °F).

The Gobi desert cold temperature fluctuates between -15°C and -30°C in winter and summer average temperature is +25°C to +38°C. January is the coldest, and July is the warmest month. The Gobi desert night temperature cools down sharply at night because the cloudless sky does not block the cold air.

The Southern Mongolia is widely known for its Gobi Desert, one of the world’s unique ecosystems and best kept secrets. The region is famous for its unique nature formations, many places of real dinosaur fossils, and many endemic flora and fauna.

The Mongolian death worm (Mongolian: олгой-хорхой, olgoi-khorkhoi, “large intestine worm”) is a creature alleged to exist in the Gobi Desert. The creature first came to Western attention as a result of Roy Chapman Andrews’s 1926 book On the Trail of Ancient Man.

The Gobi Desert is very cold because it is elevated far above sea level due to its proximity to the Himalayan Mountains.

The Sahara is dominated by two climatic regimes: a dry subtropical climate in the north and a dry tropical climate in the south. The dry subtropical climate is characterized by unusually high annual and diurnal temperature ranges, cold to cool winters and hot summers, and two precipitation maximums.

There are four types of deserts: subtropical deserts are hot and dry year-round; coastal deserts have cool winters and warm summers; cold winter deserts have long, dry summers and low rainfall in the winter; polar deserts are cold year-round.

The Sonoran desert, covering a large part of the southwestern US and Northern Mexico, basically divides its summer into two parts. “Fore-summer”, occurring in May and June, is very hot and very dry. “Summer monsoon season” follows it from July to mid-September and brings the region soaking rains.

November. Balmy weather finally begins to settle on the deserts, while winter grips the mountains. Expect mostly dry weather, although well over half a foot of snow may fall up high. Storms from the northwest may bring cold, even freezing, temperatures to the deserts as well.

High Desert Crops

• Alfalfa. Alfalfa has been the main crop of the High Desert for many decades.
• Small Grains. Small grains for hay production are common and good options for crop rotation with alfalfa, onions and carrots in the High Desert.
• Onions.
• Carrots.
• Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, Pears and Cherries.
• Grapes/Wineries.

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• Perfect Foods. (Image credit: XuRa | shutterstock)
• Beans. (Image credit: USDA)
• Kale. (Image credit: Justin Jernigan)
• Cantaloupe. (Image credit: stock.xchng)
• Berries. (Image credit: Ohio State University.)
• Barley. (Image credit: USDA)
• Seaweed. (Image credit: NOAA)
• Fish. (Image credit: stock.xchng)

While you can visit as a day trip, I recommend sleeping in the Sahara, for the unique experience. Deserts do get cold at night no matter what time of year, so if you will be sleeping in the Sahara, make sure to bring something warm.

Desert Dangers

• Dehydration.
• Hyponatremia.
• Extreme heat and intense sunlight.
• Heat Stroke.
• Creatures (rattlesnakes, gila monsters, scorpions, etc.)
• Lack of water.
• Wide and fast temperature ranges.
• Sandstorms.

The Atacama Desert, South America: The driest desert of the world, Atacama is surely the most dangerous desert of all.

Global warming is increasing the incidence of drought, which dries up water holes. Higher temperatures may produce an increasing number of wildfires that alter desert landscapes by eliminating slow-growing trees and shrubs and replacing them with fast-growing grasses.

The following are ten of the most dangerous animals that can be found in the desert.

• Wild Dogs.
• Cougar.
• Inland Taipan.
• Ostrich.
• Western Diamondback Rattlesnake.
• Killer Bees.
• Desert Horned Viper.
• Arizona Bark Scorpion.

Extremely hot and dry, deserts are still home to several life forms. And, despite desertification threatening fertile land, dust and sand from the Sahara can help sustain life and supply nutrients to the faraway Amazon. But, for the most part, much of life on Earth tends to avoid the desert.

Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) aresome of the largest mammals found in the North American deserts. They favor the dry, desert mountains found throughout the region, gingerly scaling along a high mountain cliff. A ram can weigh upwards of 220 pounds (100 kg) and live nearly a dozen years.

Weathering processes on land, such as wind, rain and freezing/thawing cycles, break down these rocks and minerals into smaller grains. Streams, rivers and wind transport quartz particles to the seashore, where the quartz accumulates as light-colored beach sand.

Beach sand in general tends to be very fine and rounded, which isn’t good for making concrete. Desert sand, although having a rougher surface texture, is also too rounded for making mixes like concrete or mortar.

However, desert sand has little use; the grains are too smooth and fine to bind together, so it is not suitable for the making of for instance concrete. This sand is not used in construction, as its grains are too smooth and fine to bind together for building materials.

“The sand on each beach is like a fingerprint — it’s unique to the particular beach where you find it,” said Williams. “The sand’s unique composition, color and grain size are a result of the source rocks it came from, but also a result of coastal processes that modify the sand over long periods of time.”

In general, there are no restrictions against collecting empty shells from California beaches. Why It’s Illegal to Take Sand From Some Beaches. In court, the couple claimed they didn’t realize taking sand from the beaches was against the law.

Sand is the world’s most consumed raw material after water and an essential ingredient to our everyday lives. Yet, the world is facing a shortage — and climate scientists say it constitutes one of the greatest sustainability challenges of the 21st century.

Many popular beaches around the world are not only a result of natural forces, but are actually to some degree man-made. The degree to which beaches are constructed varies a great deal, and it is all done in an attempt to create safe, comfortable, and attractive beaches that attract visitors.

The shoreline moves back and forth and beaches can stack to thicknesses of many 100’s of meters. I’ve drilled beach sands of over 700m thickness. Excluding stacking, beach sand thicknesses seem to average between 1 and 3 meters.

Artificial structures such as groynes, breakwaters or reefs tend to modify longshore drift, and have adverse effects on adjacent beaches by causing downdrift erosion.

b] Laryotto (Monaco) Larvotto is doubly an artificial beach: first, this beach was built on a quite rocky coast, secondly, the material used to built the beach was fully artificial: crashed dolomite limestone.