THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF DESERTS IN THE WORLD-Such as snow deserts, water deserts and sandy or dry deserts.In Sandy or dry desert there are vast tracts of sand with very high temperature and difference between day and night temperature..There are sand storms that blows hard and make life dangerous.Sand dunes are ever changing their shapes and places by the work of winds.
Animals and plants adapt themselves to be able to survive in this harsh environment.Some animals like antelopes have developed tricks so that they are able to withstand thirst.
PLANTS CACTUS- CACTI OR CACTUS have an outer waxy layer and their leaves have evolved into thorns to prevent evaporation of water.In the morning their thorns and outer waxy layer able to absorb dew drops .They store water water in their bodies and roots and use it slowly.
The saguaro cactus in the Mexico desert,fills it self up completely when it rains heavily and expand like an accordion.
BLOOMING FLOWERS IN DESERT.-When it rains after years in the desert ,the seeds lying dormant in the ground germinate immediately and blooms and desert become bed of flowers.But it is short lived ,after few days the plants withers again.Before withering they create new seeds.Which waits for next times it rain.
DESERT ANTELOPE -White Oryx found in the Arabian desert have adapted themselves to a life in desert.They do not drink water , but eat when it is cooler and when the plants are wet with dew drops.They pass very little moisture
out of their bodies because their bodies have a system of cooling the blood before it reaches the brain .Their fur is paler on underside to reflect ground heat away from their stomach .
OASES IN DESERT-OASES are fertile places in the desert ,where water is stored under surface .Here sand is porous ,so when it rains most of the water runs right through the sand and goes down to the bed rock ,several hundred feet below the surface .Earlier oases were important trading places for passing caravans .The conventional oasis economy
cereals,pomegranates,and figs and dates.Oases are life lines of deserts.
SAND STORMS - HOT WINDS that whirls up and carry the desert sand are sand storms.They can rage for days and so much dust that nothing is visible It is like a solid wall of sand that could be as high as 1.6 km.Animals and people caught in it can lose their life.Nomads in desert protect themselves with the help of veils over their heads and faces.Camels protect themselves by closing their nostrils
and by their extra large eyelashes ,that cover their eyes.
WHITE ORYX
OOASIS
DESERTS
Animals and plants adapt themselves to be able to survive in this harsh environment.Some animals like antelopes have developed tricks so that they are able to withstand thirst.
PLANTS CACTUS- CACTI OR CACTUS have an outer waxy layer and their leaves have evolved into thorns to prevent evaporation of water.In the morning their thorns and outer waxy layer able to absorb dew drops .They store water water in their bodies and roots and use it slowly.
The saguaro cactus in the Mexico desert,fills it self up completely when it rains heavily and expand like an accordion.
BLOOMING FLOWERS IN DESERT.-When it rains after years in the desert ,the seeds lying dormant in the ground germinate immediately and blooms and desert become bed of flowers.But it is short lived ,after few days the plants withers again.Before withering they create new seeds.Which waits for next times it rain.
DESERT ANTELOPE -White Oryx found in the Arabian desert have adapted themselves to a life in desert.They do not drink water , but eat when it is cooler and when the plants are wet with dew drops.They pass very little moisture
out of their bodies because their bodies have a system of cooling the blood before it reaches the brain .Their fur is paler on underside to reflect ground heat away from their stomach .
OASES IN DESERT-OASES are fertile places in the desert ,where water is stored under surface .Here sand is porous ,so when it rains most of the water runs right through the sand and goes down to the bed rock ,several hundred feet below the surface .Earlier oases were important trading places for passing caravans .The conventional oasis economy
cereals,pomegranates,and figs and dates.Oases are life lines of deserts.
SAND STORMS - HOT WINDS that whirls up and carry the desert sand are sand storms.They can rage for days and so much dust that nothing is visible It is like a solid wall of sand that could be as high as 1.6 km.Animals and people caught in it can lose their life.Nomads in desert protect themselves with the help of veils over their heads and faces.Camels protect themselves by closing their nostrils
and by their extra large eyelashes ,that cover their eyes.
WHITE ORYX
DESERTS 
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