Transcript Hot Desert Climate Regions

Hot Desert Climate
Regions
Hot Deserts : Location
Areas with hot desert climate are found at the edge of the
tropics and on the western side of continents. The largest hot
desert is the Sahara in north Africa and the only continent
not to have a hot desert is Europe.
Location of the worlds
hot deserts.
Along the tropic of Cancer and the
tropic of Capricorn.
Along the west side of continents
and they follow the flow of ocean
currents.
In areas of the rainshadow effect.
For example the Gobi desert.
Characteristics of
Hot Deserts
Maximum temperatures reach
approximately 35ºC
Minimum temperature is
approximately 12ºC
The rainfall is less than 250mm
Rain falls in only a few months, but
often in torrential storms
Desert Climate
The climate of
Touggourt, Algeria:
a hot desert
climate
Top Desert Geographical
Fact – Number 1
The hottest place in the world
is Libya, in the Sahara Desert.
Temperatures have reached
58ºC here.
Top Desert Geographical Fact
– Number 2
The driest area in the world is
in Chile, in the Atacama Desert.
It only receives a few
rainstorms every 100 years
Hot Deserts
The hot sunny climate and
unusual scenery attracts
tourists especially at ‘cooler’
times of the year.
Advantages
If irrigation is possible, then a
wide variety of crops will grow well
in the hot sunny climate and two or
three harvests a year possible.
Desert Tourism - Ayres Rock
Desert Tourism - Egypt
Irrigation
Hot Deserts
In order to rear animals,
such as camels, goats and
sheep, the people have to
be nomadic, moving from
place to place in search of
water and grazing
Water is in short
supply. Wells and
streams often run dry.
Too dry to grow
crops without
irrigation
Disadvantages
To obtain a large amount of
water people have to build
very expensive dams and
reservoirs across major rivers.
Nomadic farmers
Nomadic farmers
Colorado Dam
Your Turn
Read Page 70 – 71 in
the text book.
Answer questions 2, 3
& 4 on page 74