The Great Basin Desert covers less than a quarter of North America and experiences cold temperatures despite being a desert. Some common plants in deserts include the pipe cactus, popcorn flower, fairy duster, Mormon tea, and desert ironwood. Animals often found in deserts are red kangaroos, bilbies, goannas, and camels. Camels can grow up to 6 feet tall and have two toes on each foot. The Sahara Desert is the hottest desert on Earth and deserts make up about one third of the global land area.
3. Locations Worldwide
Some locations around the
world are the North
American Desert also the
Great Basin Desert.
4. The Great Basin
Desert
The Great Basin Desert is one of four
Deserts in North America. This Desert is
cold but it is still a Desert. The Great Basin
Desert covers a little less then a quarter of
North America.
5. Plants
Some plants are Pipe Cactus Popcorn
flower Morman Tea the Fairy Duster also
Desert Ironwood
6. Pipe Cactus
The Pipe cactus only grows in one
particular Desert. This type of cactus
only grows to a certain height it is
7.61999 in meters.
8. Fairy Duster
A Fairy Dusters blooms are pink and the middle of it is
red and grows to five to six feet tall. This type of plant
mostly grows in California but also in the desert.
9. Morman Tea
Morman Tea is a fuzzy plant. Morman Tea
grows in many parts of U.S. A. There are
plants related to this plant such as the
Mexican Tea and a few more.
12. Camels
Older camels grow up to 6 feet tall. Camels
have about 2 hoofs on one foot. People call
Camels the “Ship of the Desert”.
3.
13. Red Kangaroo
Here is a interesting facts not all Red Kangaroos are red!!
A Kangaroo's diet is grass that is what they eat and they
can go a long time without water.
14. Bilby
Bilbies live up to six years , so when they are
six the might die. Bilbies have a long toung and
a long snout. Bilbies have a black tail and a
white tip.
15. Goanna
Goanna’s grow up to 2.5 metres long in their life
span. Goannas eat small insects lizards and more
creatures. Goannas are found all over Australia .
16. Interesting Facts
Did you know that the Sahara
Desert is the worlds hottest
desert.
Deserts are the hottest biome
on earth.
Did you know that one third of
the world is covered in deserts.