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Deserts of North America
Match the names of these deserts in America and Mexico to their pictures. When you are ready, use the 'Mark' button to see if you're right.
Discussion points
- Officially, a desert is a region that gets less than 25cm of precipitation in a year.
- The continent of North America has cold deserts and hot deserts. The hot deserts are further south towards the equator.
- Cold deserts can still be hot in the summer, but they get cold winters and the precipitation can fall in the form of snow.
- The hottest place on Earth is Death Valley in the Mojave Desert.
- Large areas of the Snake River Plain have been turned into farmland because of irrigation.
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