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What is a biome?
A region of the earths surface that has similar climate, soils, plants, and animals
What is the hot desert biome characterised by?
High temperatures and low precipitation.
How many less mm of rain per year does the Hot desert biome have?
There is usually less than 100mm of rain per year
Rainfall is lowest at which desert in which country.
Atacama Desert in Chile
How much average rainfall does the Atacama Desert of Chile get per year?
less than 15 mm per year.
When it does rain in the Atacama desert tends to be what?
tends to be concentrated in short bursts.
In the Atacama desert there is rapid runoff which leads to low levels of what?
infiltration
What does infiltration mean?
its the process whereby rain enters the soil