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    What percentage of the Earth's surface area is desert?

    Question #52947. Asked by wroot. (Dec 07 04 10:46 AM)


    MaggieG 5

    		About 20% according to this site.
    http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert.htm


    [Dec 07 04 11:07 AM] MaggieG 5 writes:

    But this site says it's over 30%.
    http://members.aol.com/pakulda/dsstyg.htm">http://members.aol.com/pakulda/dsstyg.htm


    (As one entry - McG)


    Dec 07 04, 11:02 AM
    picqero

    		Different websites and other authoritive sources may give different percentages depending on how they define a desert. There are polar deserts as well as mountain plateau deserts as well as sand or clay or stony deserts. Some deserts are actually relatively rich in specialised forms of plants and wildlife, while others are quite sterile. So ----- the answer rather depends on your own definition!

    Dec 07 04, 1:39 PM

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