Evaporation can concentrate minerals as a variety of evaporite deposits, including gypsum, sodium nitrate, sodium chloride and borates. Another interesting thing about it is the ability to secure more water by inhibiting the growth of nearby plants.

Semi deserts can be found in the Tabernas Desert (and some of the Spanish Plateau), The Sahel, The Eurasian Steppe, most of Central Asia, the Western US, most of Northern Mexico, portions of South America (especially in Argentina) and the Australian Outback.

[57][58][59][60][61] It is virtually devoid of life because it is blocked from receiving precipitation by the Andes mountains to the east and the Chilean Coast Range to the west. Spellbinding Time-Lapses of an African Desert, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/deserts.html, largest hot desert in the world, northern Africa's Sahara, some deserts are always cold, like the Gobi desert in Asia, about 20 percent of deserts are covered by sand, studied them for clues about life on Mars, known as desertification, is not caused by drought, deforestation and the demands of human populations, threatens to change the ecology of deserts. The cactus plant has a long lifespan and grows very fast. [31], Such large temperature variations have a destructive effect on the exposed rocky surfaces. Jumping Cholla also has flowers and fruits, but the fruit is usually sterile which is inedible. The ocotillo is a strangely shaped plant that is a native to the Southwestern part of the United States. Other desert features include rock outcrops, exposed bedrock and clays once deposited by flowing water. Barchan dunes are produced by strong winds blowing across a level surface and are crescent-shaped with the concave side away from the wind.

Kangaroos keep cool by increasing their respiration rate, panting, sweating and moistening the skin of their forelegs with saliva. [57], When rain falls in deserts, as it occasionally does, it is often with great violence. [8] For example, Phoenix, Arizona, receives less than 250 mm (9.8 in) of precipitation per year, and is immediately recognized as being located in a desert because of its aridity-adapted plants. [92] The Desert rain frog of Namibia is nocturnal and survives because of the damp sea fogs that roll in from the Atlantic.

They are usually chosen for areas with landscape and help add a tropical ambiance to a garden. Their fruits are also very useful as well which makes jams, jellies, and candies are the most popular way to consume its fruit.

Desert gourds grow as vines with thin, green leaves.