2007-05-20 14:36:21 · 11 answers · asked by jennyb 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
I think its because it has little to no vegetation.
2007-05-20 14:38:42 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The technical definition of a desert concerns only the amount of precipitation (ie rain or snowfall) that it receives.
Antarctica meets this criteria as it is very dry. Also, it is located at the south pole.
'Polar Desert' seems about right.
2007-05-20 15:15:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because a desert is defined by how much rainfall it gets. And it hardly rains or snows in antartica even though there is already alot of frozen water around on the ground, so by the definition of a desert antartica is one due to such little rainfall or snow.
2007-05-20 14:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by brandontremain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's an area with annual precipitation less than 250 millimetres and a mean temperature during the warmest month of less than 10° C.
2007-05-20 14:39:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I kind of doubt it . If they are going to live on the south pole they sure better hope the earth got tilted on its axis by 90 degrees . And if that ever happen you better bet there would be one big world wide earthquake of a 12.0 on the Richter scale . And that will be sure to start a whole new earth after about a couple of hundred years
2016-04-01 12:27:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antartychokes after dinner makes a dandy dessert. Is that the kinda polar dessert you be talking bout?
2007-05-20 14:38:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
desert
a) Deprived place: a place or situation that is devoid of some desirable thing, or overwhelmed by an undesirable thing
b) Lifeless place: a place devoid of life
c) Barren: a wild, bleak, and uncultivated place
2007-05-20 14:43:34 · answer #7 · answered by John 1:1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the "polar" part because it's cold as hell, the "desert" part because for the most part it's mostly without animals and vegetation.
2007-05-20 14:39:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there is very little life there with no vegetation.
2007-05-20 14:38:34 · answer #9 · answered by The Queen Has Spoken 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the driest place on the planet
dont believe me?
think about it
2007-05-20 17:13:06 · answer #10 · answered by shepard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋