By: Kenady Browning

Most deserts lie along the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.

North America Australia South America Arabian Peninsula Africa

It rains about 10 inches or less every year.

The temperature can be over 100 degrees during the day, but below 32 degrees at night.

Barrel Cactus Brittle Bush Chainfruit Cholla Creosote Bush Crimson Hedgeh

og Cactus

Desert Ironwood Joshua Tree Jumping Cholla

Mojave Aster Ocotillo Palo Verde Pancake Prickly

Pear Cactus

Saguaro Cactus Soaptree Yucca Triangle-leaf Bur

sage

Armadillo Lizard Banded Gila Monster Bobcat Cactus Wren Coyote Desert Bighorn Sheep Desert Kangaroo Rat Javelina Cactus Ferruginoug Pygmy Owl Sonoran Desert Toad Sonoran Pronghorn Antelope Thorny Devil

Deserts cover about one-fifth of all the land in the world.

The desert is the hottest biome on earth.

The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.

ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/desert3/desert3.html

www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_animal_page.htm

library.thinkquest.org/C0113340/biomes&topic=desert&subtopic=climate