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jessicacav

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Compare and contrast the reasons for formation and the precipitation and temperature characteristics of subtropical deserts and mid-latitude deserts.
 
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This is the driest region on Earth.
 
  A) the Sahara Desert of North Africa
  B) the Atacama Desert of Chile
  C) the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the southwestern United States
  D) the Middle East



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: Climates are dry when annual potential evaporation exceeds the annual precipitation. These climates occupy about 30 percent of Earth's land surface. Midlatitude deserts and semideserts usually occur to the east of major topographic barriers that create a strong rain shadow or over interior continental regions well removed from moisture sources. They are found over large portions of the western United States and interior Asia. Subtropical dry regions extend across wide expanses of land between the latitudes of about 10 to 30 in either hemisphere and result from large-scale sinking air motions during most of the year. Notable examples include the desert of southern CaliforniaArizonaBa ja California, the Sahara Desert of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, and most of the Australian interior.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B



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