What are the Major Deserts?

Major deserts are as the following:

• Antarctic Desert,
• Arctic Desert,
• Sahara Desert,
• Arabian Desert,
• Gobi Desert,
• Patagonian Desert,
• Great Victoria Desert,
• Kalahari Desert.

Desert in general take up about one third of the Earth’s surface. Antarctica is the world’s largest desert. Deserts are dry. Because under conditions it is rare for clouds and rain to form.

Flora of Deserts

Many desert plants have reduced the size of their leaves. Cacti are well known plant. The leaves have been dispensed. When rain falls the water is rapidly absorbed by the roots. Cacti are both present in North and South America. They have post Gondwana origin. Other xerophytic plants also deleveloped similar strategies. This strategies called convergent evolution.