Desert Biome

The desert is a very dry area of land; it is in the Southwestern United States or areas of high heat and dryness. Deserts receive less than ten inches of precipitation a year. Desert can be hot or cold an example of a hot desert is the Australian and an example of a cold desert is the Gobi in Mongolia. Although rain doesn’t come around too often, sometimes not for years then there can be an unexpected heavy rain that can surprisingly cause flooding.

Although the desert may not seem like a possible biome for animals and plants to live, there are many that are well adapted to the environment. There aren’t only animals in deserts there are plants that have managed to adapt to the desert. Desert plants include the creosote bushes, cacti, the sage brush, saguaro, the popcorn flower, and the fairy duster. The cactus could only be found in the Sonoran desert of North America and spinifex is found in the Australian desert. Reptiles, insects, birds, and small mammals call the desert ‘home’. There are also very few immense animals that have adapted to the desert, however their size makes it hard to find shelter from the heat and they are unable to conserve water. Some of these animals found in the desert are the Australia’s bilby and kowari, the kangaroo mice of North America, the water-holding frog, and bobcat these are only small mammals that live in the desert. One of the few large mammals that have survived and lives in the desert is the camel, they have many admirable characteristics that help them adapt to their environment. They have incredible abilities to keep sand from bothering them they may close their nostrils, eyelashes, and ears!

In all there is no such thing as “ugly” when it comes to nature. Sure there may be some cons, but the positive always outweighs the negative. It’s truly astonishing the many things nature carries. We discussed the desert biome and hopefully learned the beauty behind it.” I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a...