About the desert
By Simran lekhwar and Mya lehauli
The desert
The desert is dry, barren, hot and silent. Not a drop of water for months. if deserts is no hostile, then how can living things survive???
We now look at the desert climate: There are two main types of deserts in the world-the hot desert and the semi-desert.
The hot desert is usually near the equator. A hot desert is usually the sandy-Egyptian type of deserts are formed when something gets it.
Some interesting facts
There are large amounts of different definitions to describe a desert but they are typically areas that receive extremely low amount of rain.
Deserts generally receive less than 40cm ( 16 inch ) of rain a year. around one third of earths surface is covered.
About the amazing road runner!!!
Did you know that road runners can run up to 17 miles per hour!
It is the state bird of New Mexico, road runners don't fly very often.
They fly dose to the ground when they are going down the hill or sense that a predator is near, but can only stay off the ground for a few seconds at a time.