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  2. Desert climate - Wikipedia

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    The desert climate or arid climate ... in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, the average annual rainfall over 17 years was only 5 millimetres (0.20 in).

  3. List of countries by average annual precipitation - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by average annual precipitation. List. Per the World Bank (2017) [1] [2] Country mm/ year) Continent 1

  4. Desert - Wikipedia

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    A modern example of desert farming is the Imperial Valley in California, which has high temperatures and average rainfall of just 3 in (76 mm) per year. [121] The economy is heavily based on agriculture and the land is irrigated through a network of canals and pipelines sourced entirely from the Colorado River via the All-American Canal .

  5. Tropical desert - Wikipedia

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    The average annual precipitation in low latitude deserts is less than 250 mm. Relative humidity is very low – only 10% to 30% in interior locations, and even the dewpoints are typically very low, often being well below the freezing mark. Some deserts do not have rainfall all year round, they are located far from the ocean.

  6. Earth rainfall climatology - Wikipedia

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    Rainfall in these regions averages between 300 and 600 millimeters (11.8 and 23.6 in) per year, with lower amounts across Baja California Norte. Average rainfall totals are between 600 and 1,000 millimeters (23.6 and 39.4 in) in most of the major populated areas of the southern altiplano, including Mexico City and Guadalajara.

  7. Thar Desert - Wikipedia

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    Average annual rainfall ranges from 100 to 500 mm, and occurs during the short July-to-September southwest monsoon. [1] The desert has both a very dry part (the Marusthali region in the west) and a semidesert part (in the east) that has fewer sand dunes and slightly more precipitation. [19]

  8. Mojave Desert - Wikipedia

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    There is an annual average precipitation of 2 to 6 inches (51 to 152 mm), although regions at high altitudes such as the portion of the Mojave Desert in the San Gabriel mountains may receive more rain.

  9. Sahara desert (ecoregion) - Wikipedia

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    The Sahara Desert features a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh).The Sahara Desert is one of the driest and hottest regions of the world, with a mean temperature sometimes over 30 °C (86 °F) and the average high temperatures in summer are over 40 °C (104 °F) for months at a time, and can even soar to 47 °C (117 °F).

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