The Hot Desert Climate - Secrets of World Climate #4
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Date: 2024-01-04
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-Darknimbus3
Correction for 7: 15
The Mojave Desert only goes into northwestern Arizona, as far east as Kingman area and as far south as Lake Havasu area. The Mojave Desert does not dominate Arizona as the video suggests however.
The Sonoran desert dominates southern and southwestern Arizona, going into very southeastern California and into Sonora Mexico and Baja California.
Northeastern Arizona is dominated by the cold desert conditions of the Colorado Plateau, and very southeastern Arizona is dominated by cold desert Chihuahua Desert, which goes east into western Texas.
Oh, and for those of you who are wondering, central Arizona is dominated by the Mogollon Rim, which is a series of highlands and mountains dominated by junipers and conifer forests, separating the Sonoran and Mojave deserts from the Colorado Plateau.
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Correction for 7: 15
The Mojave Desert only goes into northwestern Arizona, as far east as Kingman area and as far south as Lake Havasu area. The Mojave Desert does not dominate Arizona as the video suggests however.
The Sonoran desert dominates southern and southwestern Arizona, going into very southeastern California and into Sonora Mexico and Baja California.
Northeastern Arizona is dominated by the cold desert conditions of the Colorado Plateau, and very southeastern Arizona is dominated by cold desert Chihuahua Desert, which goes east into western Texas.
Oh, and for those of you who are wondering, central Arizona is dominated by the Mogollon Rim, which is a series of highlands and mountains dominated by junipers and conifer forests, separating the Sonoran and Mojave deserts from the Colorado Plateau.
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-paulbrower4265
Strictly speaking, Dallas, Texas is not hot desert even if it often feels like it. In 1980, Dallas had a summer that suggested a hot desert with drought and very high temperatures, Really it looks like hot steppe, but it gets too much rain for that and is a steppe only because of a limestone formation that stops tree growth. Still, the heat is horrible.
The real killer is low humidity which dries one out fast. It deceives one into believing that nothing is going wrong until one gets very sick from dehydration. Stay hydrated and you will keep from overheating. Dallas gets its rains in deluges, so except for those deluges it generally feels like hot desert. and looks like steppe -- but the latter relates to a limestone formation that prevents trees from growing there.
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Strictly speaking, Dallas, Texas is not hot desert even if it often feels like it. In 1980, Dallas had a summer that suggested a hot desert with drought and very high temperatures, Really it looks like hot steppe, but it gets too much rain for that and is a steppe only because of a limestone formation that stops tree growth. Still, the heat is horrible.
The real killer is low humidity which dries one out fast. It deceives one into believing that nothing is going wrong until one gets very sick from dehydration. Stay hydrated and you will keep from overheating. Dallas gets its rains in deluges, so except for those deluges it generally feels like hot desert. and looks like steppe -- but the latter relates to a limestone formation that prevents trees from growing there.
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-makaigraham2648
I grew up in hot deserts like these, we would not go out in the day but instead sleep, waiting for nightfall to travel. Many asked my tribe why we stayed in the desert and why we had such blue eyes (eyes of Ibad, it is of course the spice melange. My people are addicted to it so we stay to harvest it. Traveling can be easy if we are in the migratory grounds of Shai Hulud, who can carry us many clicks in a day. As difficult an environment as it is, I will not leave my desert seitche, like the Mau-d Dib which scampers across the sand, it is my home too.
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I grew up in hot deserts like these, we would not go out in the day but instead sleep, waiting for nightfall to travel. Many asked my tribe why we stayed in the desert and why we had such blue eyes (eyes of Ibad, it is of course the spice melange. My people are addicted to it so we stay to harvest it. Traveling can be easy if we are in the migratory grounds of Shai Hulud, who can carry us many clicks in a day. As difficult an environment as it is, I will not leave my desert seitche, like the Mau-d Dib which scampers across the sand, it is my home too.
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-tamimfaisal3300
If I am not mistaken can we have two categories on desert climate as I have lived in those climates a lot. Humid and Dry. In humid cities like maybe Bahrain the relative humidity remais high but the average temperature in summer is in upper 30s whereas in dry cities away from the coast like Riyadh or Baghdad the average temperatures are well into the mid 40s and can reach 50. As I have lived there it makes a lot of difference in summer. Winters are bit cooler on the drier ones.
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If I am not mistaken can we have two categories on desert climate as I have lived in those climates a lot. Humid and Dry. In humid cities like maybe Bahrain the relative humidity remais high but the average temperature in summer is in upper 30s whereas in dry cities away from the coast like Riyadh or Baghdad the average temperatures are well into the mid 40s and can reach 50. As I have lived there it makes a lot of difference in summer. Winters are bit cooler on the drier ones.
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-zeeshan4068
I grew up and lived most of my life in Karachi. I remember that when it used to rain, it was a big celebrations and all the kids in the neighborhood would come out in their nickers (shorts) and dance around and play soccer. Now I know that I've been living in a BWh - dessert. Thank you for enlightening me and also providing ideas for travel.
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I grew up and lived most of my life in Karachi. I remember that when it used to rain, it was a big celebrations and all the kids in the neighborhood would come out in their nickers (shorts) and dance around and play soccer. Now I know that I've been living in a BWh - dessert. Thank you for enlightening me and also providing ideas for travel.
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-RichardGonda
I can't stand the 3 months of summer in Central Europe xD the heat anyway, without that it would be a nice season. Winter is my favourite season, I would never want to live in the climate of this video xD hot desert hahah. I'm just not built for that.
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I can't stand the 3 months of summer in Central Europe xD the heat anyway, without that it would be a nice season. Winter is my favourite season, I would never want to live in the climate of this video xD hot desert hahah. I'm just not built for that.
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-michaelkindt3288
-1: 18 is when they start talking.
Constructive criticism: there is no need A pre-information show off that long, and making it that long can make people think there is no information in this video. So please try to keep it short next time.
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-1: 18 is when they start talking.
Constructive criticism: there is no need A pre-information show off that long, and making it that long can make people think there is no information in this video. So please try to keep it short next time.
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-awsomemodels
Wonderful video! i live in this climate ( Baghdad ) and it sure is dreadful! but honestly it wouldn't be this bad if the winters were longer and colder and had more rain, it would basically make up for the ridiculous summer but sadly they don't lol
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Wonderful video! i live in this climate ( Baghdad ) and it sure is dreadful! but honestly it wouldn't be this bad if the winters were longer and colder and had more rain, it would basically make up for the ridiculous summer but sadly they don't lol
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-samerawwad6595
At 5: 37 the north western coast of Australia is shown as a mild desert. I haven-t been able to find any information regarding unusually high amounts of fog in this area, what leads you to label it as such? Anyhow, great video!
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At 5: 37 the north western coast of Australia is shown as a mild desert. I haven-t been able to find any information regarding unusually high amounts of fog in this area, what leads you to label it as such? Anyhow, great video!
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-senorkenyon3306
I live in Phoenix, it is very dry most of the year, but we are subjected to monsoon circulation. This is characterized by heavy thunderstorms and strong winds during the months of june, july, august, and september.
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I live in Phoenix, it is very dry most of the year, but we are subjected to monsoon circulation. This is characterized by heavy thunderstorms and strong winds during the months of june, july, august, and september.
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fun-facts
Can we talk about Canary Islands? I just imagine they are part of the dessert climate, but it's like every island has a different landscape. For example Lanzarote is a volcanic dessert, but gran canaria is pure green.
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Can we talk about Canary Islands? I just imagine they are part of the dessert climate, but it's like every island has a different landscape. For example Lanzarote is a volcanic dessert, but gran canaria is pure green.
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-TCME88
Thanks for this very interesting video. It would be good to learn more about the mechanisms behind the precipitation patterns in different hit desert locations, but very hard to find this online. Anywhere to recommend?
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Thanks for this very interesting video. It would be good to learn more about the mechanisms behind the precipitation patterns in different hit desert locations, but very hard to find this online. Anywhere to recommend?
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-Cyrus992
Las Vegas may be classified as a cold desert if you took out the urban heat island effect.
In other words, if the buildings and pavement did not warm up the area, winter lows would average in the 20s
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Las Vegas may be classified as a cold desert if you took out the urban heat island effect.
In other words, if the buildings and pavement did not warm up the area, winter lows would average in the 20s
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-joebai2475
This kind of climate is very magical if it has water resources! Like in Cairo and Lima the cities actually grow all kinds of plants from cactus to tropic rainforest plants just like a huge greenhouse!
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This kind of climate is very magical if it has water resources! Like in Cairo and Lima the cities actually grow all kinds of plants from cactus to tropic rainforest plants just like a huge greenhouse!
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-deeptoot1453
BSh, ma favorite climate! BWh is great too if it is near a body of water! Like os the case with Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, which experience the best climate in the wolrd!
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BSh, ma favorite climate! BWh is great too if it is near a body of water! Like os the case with Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, which experience the best climate in the wolrd!
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-ZRHTrainspotter
Really amazing and informative Video!
I struggle to understand however, the climate of eastern Cape Verde. Is it BWn or BWh?
Thank you for making this series -
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Really amazing and informative Video!
I struggle to understand however, the climate of eastern Cape Verde. Is it BWn or BWh?
Thank you for making this series -
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fun-facts
Unfortunately I live in this zone: ( hot flame desert that it reach 50 C in summer and midnight 37 C with very rare and short rain: ( I really hate this type of climate
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Unfortunately I live in this zone: ( hot flame desert that it reach 50 C in summer and midnight 37 C with very rare and short rain: ( I really hate this type of climate
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-slobodapeter
There is a small piece of hot semiarid climate on the European continent as well - near Almeria, plus, I believe, part of southern Crete has a similar climate.
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There is a small piece of hot semiarid climate on the European continent as well - near Almeria, plus, I believe, part of southern Crete has a similar climate.
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-frankdunbar4140
I thoroughly enjoy all of these programs, but I have a question. Isn't the largest desert in the world Antarctica and the Sahara the third largest desert?
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I thoroughly enjoy all of these programs, but I have a question. Isn't the largest desert in the world Antarctica and the Sahara the third largest desert?
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-nabbed3194
bruh this man hates ma brazil. in the previous video he showed a good bit of the subtropical highlands climate in there but simply didnt talk about it ------
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bruh this man hates ma brazil. in the previous video he showed a good bit of the subtropical highlands climate in there but simply didnt talk about it ------
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-barneystinson1451
Moved from Melbourne to Alice springs at the start if the year. There's such a big difference in temperatures between summer and winter.
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Moved from Melbourne to Alice springs at the start if the year. There's such a big difference in temperatures between summer and winter.
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-Geodiode
PLEASE NOTE! BWn is not an official Koppen climate classification code, so should not be quoted in any coursework that you may write.
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PLEASE NOTE! BWn is not an official Koppen climate classification code, so should not be quoted in any coursework that you may write.
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-theJesai
Great video, my Geography teacher puts these up in my Geography class: )
Btw, what's that dope soundtrack in the beginning? -
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Great video, my Geography teacher puts these up in my Geography class: )
Btw, what's that dope soundtrack in the beginning? -
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-widowandwhite
This is amazing. It helps with homework from my geography class. Because we have to do assignments from this video series.
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This is amazing. It helps with homework from my geography class. Because we have to do assignments from this video series.
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-LARGO9595
EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO COOPERATE SAVE THE EARTH We hope everyone can do something to save the EARTH. Don't be too late -hMP0-
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EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO COOPERATE SAVE THE EARTH We hope everyone can do something to save the EARTH. Don't be too late -hMP0-
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-somatia350
Hey Geodiode I just want to thank you for your help your videos have been so useful for world building thanks so much: D
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Hey Geodiode I just want to thank you for your help your videos have been so useful for world building thanks so much: D
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-aliaskari456
Bought up in Kuwait's hot dry but also humid climate
Where ever i travel
I can bear any type of heat easily
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Bought up in Kuwait's hot dry but also humid climate
Where ever i travel
I can bear any type of heat easily
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-stefancraciun9630
Nice video. I have a question though. What program do you use to make those temperature and rainfall graphs?
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Nice video. I have a question though. What program do you use to make those temperature and rainfall graphs?
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-joebai2475
I searched and find there are sand dunes in places where there are a lot of rain in Brazil USA and Southeast Asia.
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I searched and find there are sand dunes in places where there are a lot of rain in Brazil USA and Southeast Asia.
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