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Actually, there are no real deserts near the equator. This region is known more as a region of heavy rain and rainforests. Most hot deserts occur about 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south of the equator.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoActually, many deserts are located about 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south of the equator because of sinking air. Deserts do not occur directly on the equator but many of the rain forests do because rising air carries moisture into the atmosphere causing rain.
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∙ 15y agoThe Sahara desert is closest to the Equator.
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∙ 9y agoNo, most deserts form about 30 degrees north and south of the equator.
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∙ 9y agoThere are 28 major deserts in the world. Without a specific desert name your question can not be answered.
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∙ 8y agoThe closest desert to the Equator would probably be the Atacama in South America. There is no desert on the Equator.
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∙ 8y agoMost deserts are not near the equator. Tropical rainforests are near the equator. Many deserts occur at about 25-35 degrees north or south of the equator
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What desert is near the equator?
What desert is nearest the Equator?
Where is the Mojave Desert located compared to the equator?
The Mojave Desert is located 35-36 degrees north of the equator.
Are the cold deserts located far away from the equator?
Not necessarily. The only desert truly in a frigid zone is Antarctica. Other cold deserts may have a very hot summer but winters that can be bitterly cold. Exampls are the Gobi Desert of China and Mongolia and the Great Basin Desert of the United States,
Is Sweden closer to equator?
No, it is not close to the equator.
What desert is near the equator?
What desert is nearest the Equator?
How would you define a desert that lies on the equator?
A desert on the equator would be an anomaly as there are no deserts on the equator.
Where in the equator is the Sahara desert?
The Equator does not pass through the Saharah Desert
Does the equator run through a desert?
No, the equator does not run through a desert.
Is the Kalahari Desert north or souh of the equator?
The Kalahari Desert is south of the equator.
What is the name of the largest desert above of the equator?
The largest desert north of the Equator is the Sahara. The largest south of the Equator is Antarctica.
Is Phoenix AZ north of the equator?
A bricklayer in Mexico (Mexico is south of the US and hence, closer to the equator).
How far away is the Sahara Desert from the equator?
== == The Sahara Desert is North of the Equator. The distance varies, but the southern edge of the desert is about 1000km / 600 miles north of the equator.
What countries on the equator are mostly desert?
There are no countries on the equator that are mostly desert. Because the region of the equator is noted for its heavy rainfall, deserts do not occur there.
Is the Kalahari desert north of south of the equator?
The Kalahari Desert situated in the south of equator on the tropic of Capricorn.
How would you define a desert on an equator?
An impossibility - the equator is in the tropics and that region receives to much rain to have a desert.
