SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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____ are extremely dry areas that receive about 10 inches of rainfall or less per year and support a very small amount of plant and animal life
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Deserts
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Steppe
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Highland
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Temperate
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Deserts are arid ecosystems that receive fewer than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation a year.
Detailed explanation-2: -The four main types of desert include hot and dry deserts, semi-arid deserts, coastal deserts, and cold deserts.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hot and dry desert. The four major North American deserts of this type are the Chihuahuan, Sonoran, Mojave and Great Basin. Others outside the U.S. include the Southern Asian realm, Neotropical (South and Central America), Ethiopian (Africa) and Australian.
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