DESERT

DESERT BIOME FACTS

• Although the daytime temperatures of the desert biome are very hot, they can get very cold at night.
• The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the desert biome. It covers over 300 million square miles.

TEMPTURES

• The average daytime temperature is 100°f
• At night the average temperature is 25°F.

ALTITUDE AND LAGTITUDE

• Many deserts are found in bands along 30 degrees latitude north and 30 degrees latitude south
• Altitude is just basically anywhere

Rain fall
Generally, a desert is defined as an area that receives less than 10 inches, or 25 centimeters, of precipitation a year

ANIMALS

• rattlesnake, javelina, coyote, black widow spider, fennec fox, gila monster, pupfish, scorpion, roadrunner, and vulture.

RATTLESNAKE

JAVELINA

CAYOTE

Plants of the desert

Alkali Mariposa Lily
Alkali Phacelia
Antelope Bush
Apache Plume

Alkali Mariposa Lily

Alkali Phacelia

Antelope Bush

Apache Plume