EnvThes
type: ConceptScheme

desert
type: Concept

deprecated concept
type: Concept

desert
type: Concept
in scheme: EnvThes
is replaced by: desert
scope note: US LTER controlled vocabularybr /LTER BIOME
definition: [Henderson's] n. biome where the average amount of precipitation is erratic and less than 25 cm per annum, and evaporation exceeds precipitation. Such areas have sparse, highly adapted, vegetation, e.g. cacti, succulents and spiny shrubs. Hot deserts such as the Sahara have very high daytime temperatures. Cold deserts such as the Gobi and the northern Californian desert have very low winter temperatures.
broader: deprecated concept
deprecated: true