{"id":865,"date":"2017-04-26T21:47:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T21:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geophysical\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=865"},"modified":"2017-04-27T21:05:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T21:05:44","slug":"dry-climates-group-b","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geophysical\/chapter\/dry-climates-group-b\/","title":{"raw":"Dry Climates (Group B)","rendered":"Dry Climates (Group B)"},"content":{"raw":"The Dry Climates (Group B) have less precipitation than evaporation. Dry climate zones cover about 26\u00a0percent of the world\u2019s land area. What climate characteristics is the dry climate group likely to have?\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Temperature: Abundant sunshine. Summer temperatures are high; winters are cooler and longer than Tropical Moist climates<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Rainfall: Irregular; several years of drought are often followed by a single year of abundant rainfall<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Arid Desert (Bw)<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-905\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2017\/04\/27175832\/Hot-Landscape-Barren-Nature-Dawn-Dry-Arid-Desert-1866541.jpg\" alt=\"a desert devoid of vegetation\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>Low-latitude, arid deserts are found between 15\u00ba to 30\u00ba N and S latitudes. This is where warm dry air sinks at high pressure zones. True deserts make up around 12\u00a0percent of the world\u2019s lands.\r\n\r\nIn the Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, skies are clear. The typical weather is extremely hot summer days and cold winter nights. Although annual rainfall is less than 25 cm (10 inches), rain falls during two seasons. Pacific storms bring winter rains and monsoons bring summer rains. Since organisms do not have to go too many months without some rain, a unique group of plants and animals can survive in the Sonoran desert<strong>.<\/strong>\r\n<h2>Semi-Arid or\u00a0Steppe (Bs)<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-907\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2017\/04\/27180032\/Grain-Great-Plains-Field-Wheat-Summer-Landscape-2132498-e1493316051909.jpg\" alt=\"An open field with short vegetation\" width=\"400\" height=\"173\" \/>Higher latitude semi-arid deserts, also called <strong>steppe<\/strong>, are found in continental interiors or in rainshadows. Semi-arid deserts receive between 20 and 40 cm (8 to 16 inches) of rain annually. The annual temperature range is large.\r\n\r\nIn the United States, the Great Plains, portions of the southern California coast, and the Great Basin are semi-arid deserts<strong>.<\/strong>","rendered":"<p>The Dry Climates (Group B) have less precipitation than evaporation. Dry climate zones cover about 26\u00a0percent of the world\u2019s land area. What climate characteristics is the dry climate group likely to have?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Temperature: Abundant sunshine. Summer temperatures are high; winters are cooler and longer than Tropical Moist climates<\/li>\n<li>Rainfall: Irregular; several years of drought are often followed by a single year of abundant rainfall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Arid Desert (Bw)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-905\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2017\/04\/27175832\/Hot-Landscape-Barren-Nature-Dawn-Dry-Arid-Desert-1866541.jpg\" alt=\"a desert devoid of vegetation\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>Low-latitude, arid deserts are found between 15\u00ba to 30\u00ba N and S latitudes. This is where warm dry air sinks at high pressure zones. True deserts make up around 12\u00a0percent of the world\u2019s lands.<\/p>\n<p>In the Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, skies are clear. The typical weather is extremely hot summer days and cold winter nights. Although annual rainfall is less than 25 cm (10 inches), rain falls during two seasons. Pacific storms bring winter rains and monsoons bring summer rains. Since organisms do not have to go too many months without some rain, a unique group of plants and animals can survive in the Sonoran desert<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Semi-Arid or\u00a0Steppe (Bs)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-907\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2017\/04\/27180032\/Grain-Great-Plains-Field-Wheat-Summer-Landscape-2132498-e1493316051909.jpg\" alt=\"An open field with short vegetation\" width=\"400\" height=\"173\" \/>Higher latitude semi-arid deserts, also called <strong>steppe<\/strong>, are found in continental interiors or in rainshadows. Semi-arid deserts receive between 20 and 40 cm (8 to 16 inches) of rain annually. 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