How much rain falls in an average desert per year?
The desert climate is a climate in which there is more evaporation than rainfall. The bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in deserts hold little moisture and evaporate the little rainfall they receive.
Most desert climates receive between 25 and 200 mm (1 and 8 in) of rainfall annually, although some of the most consistently hot areas of Central Australia, the Sahel and Guajira Peninsula can be, due to extreme potential evapotranspiration, classed as arid with annual rainfall as high as 430 mm or 17 in.
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Raymond Cardona
The answer is about 10 inches NOT 1-8 inches!!
Bonnie
Al Breyette
The correct answer was not even listed as an option. The answer is 10 inches so you had to guess what incorrect answer the author wanted. Unfortunately i chose 12-14
Pat Salloum
Again, I got a message that the answer was wrong and that I had answered it already (today). Third time this week that has happened. So annoying!!