2006-11-06 22:54:19 · 3 answers · asked by milktea 1 in Environment
A desert is an area of land that is consistently dry.
1. a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all: The Sahara is a vast sandy desert.
A drought is the result of no rain for a long period of time.
1. a period of dry weather, esp. a long one that is injurious to crops.
2006-11-06 22:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by Ezekiel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A drought is what happens when there is no rain.
After years and years of no rain, the wind has taken any useful topsoil away, and the landscape begins to resemble a desert - dry and desolate.
2006-11-07 07:05:30 · answer #2 · answered by jammer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
drought - this is where an area of land which usually has green plants on it stops getting enough water and everything dies out because of a water shortage.
desert - a dry area of land with little or no plant/animal life. hardly gets any water.
2006-11-07 06:58:30 · answer #3 · answered by mandy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋