1. HOT & DRY DESERT
Jaime Jo and Rosaria Velardo

2. Locations of Hot & Dry Deserts
 Cover about one fifth of the Earth’s land
surface
 Most are near the Tropic of Cancer or the
Tropic of Capricorn
 Such as the Kalahari Desert in South Africa,
Sahara Desert in North Africa, the Arabian
Desert in the Arabian Peninsula, and the Great
Sandy Desert in Australia.

3. Climate
 Temperatures range from 20°C to 25°C
 The extreme maximum temperature ranges
from 43.5°C to 49°C
 They usually have very little rainfall and
concentrated rainfall in short periods between
long rainless periods (average = 15cm per
year)
 Warm throughout the fall and spring seasons
 Hot during the summer
 Winters usually have very little if any rainfall