Deserts

=THE DESERT BIOME=

A Hot and Dry Desert is, as you can tell from the name, hot and dry. Hot and dry deserts both don't have many plants although they do have low-ground plants. Most deserts lie along the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, imaginary lines that lie north and south of the equator. The temperature of the desert biome can be from -2 degrees Celsius to 49 degrees Celsius. The amount of rainfall for the desert can be 15-26 centimeters a year. Two animals of the desert include Borrowers and Horned Vipers. Horned vipers are not rattlesnakes, but they make a rattling sound by scraping their scales together. Two plant species of the desert biome are turpentine bushes and prickly pears. Some prickly pear species can grow below 1 foot while others grow to 6-7 feet.