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    Deserts are located between 25-35 degrees latitude north and south of the equator, receiving less than 10 inches of rain annually. They cover approximately 20.9 million square miles, nearly a quarter of the earth's land, and contain plants and animals adapted to arid climates, including the largest desert, the Sahara, spanning 3.629 million square miles across 14 countries.

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    Deserts are located between 25-35 degrees latitude north and south of the equator, receiving less than 10 inches of rain annually. They cover approximately 20.9 million square miles, nearly a quarter of the earth's land, and contain plants and animals adapted to arid climates, including the largest desert, the Sahara, spanning 3.629 million square miles across 14 countries.

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    Most Deserts Get Less Than Ten Inches of Precipitation Each Year

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    Deserts are located between 25-35 degrees latitude north and south of the equator, receiving less than 10 inches of rain annually. They cover approximately 20.9 million square miles, nearly a quarter of the earth's land, and contain plants and animals adapted to arid climates, including the largest desert, the Sahara, spanning 3.629 million square miles across 14 countries.

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    Deserts are found across our planet along two fringes parallel to the equator at 2535 latitude in both

    the northern and southern hemispheres


    Most deserts get less than ten inches of precipitation each year
    they contain plants and animals adapted for survival in arid environments
    The worlds deserts occupy almost one-quarter of the earths land surface approximately 20.9 million square miles.
    The Sahara is the largest subtropical hot desert Area: 3.629 million sq miles, spanning about 14 countries

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