THE PLANTS THAT GROW IN DESERTS OR VERY DRY AREAS ARE REFERRED TO AS
A. mesophytes B. hydrophytes C. epiphytes D. xerophytes ✓ The answer to the question is: D. xerophytes Xerophytes are the plants that grow in deserts or very dry areas. These plants have adapted to survive in arid conditions by reducing water loss and efficiently…
LANDFORMS DUE TO WATER ACTION IN THE DESERTS
Wind erosion, transportation and deposition are most effective and widespread in desert regions, but few deserts in the world are entirely without rain or water. In some deserts, there are perennial rivers such as the Nile in Egypt which has…
LANDFORMS OF WIND DEPOSITION IN DESERTS
Materials that have been eroded and transported by winds must come to rest somewhere. The finest dust travels enormous distances in the air, and may be moved completely out of the desert. It has been estimated that some dust grains…
LANDFORMS OF WIND EROSION IN DESERTS
In the combined processes of abrasion, deflation and attrition, a wealth of characteristic desert landforms emerge. 1) Rock pedestals or mushroom rocks: The sand-blasting effect of winds against any projecting rock masses wear back the softer layer so that an…
TYPE OF DESERTS
About a fifth of the world’s land is made up of deserts, some rocky, others stony and the rest sandy. Deserts that are absolutely barren and where nothing grows at all are rare and they are better known as ‘true…
ACTION OF WIND IN DESERTS
The action of wind is dominant in deserts and other semi-arid regions of the world. Deserts which are associated with aridity (dryness) are caused by low rainfall, high temperature, cold currents and high evaporation rate. About 1/5 of the world’s…
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