Geography Of DesertsBy: Arie’L Banks

Some Animals That Live In Deserts & there adaptations

CamelsA camels hump is an adaptation, which stores fat,

which metabolites for energy. This enables the camel to go without food and water

for a long period of time. When they do access water, they can drink up to 46

liters of water in one session.Camels have two rows of long eyelashes to help

protect them against the desert sand.They can close their nostrils, also for the purpose of

keeping out sand.They also have hair lining the inside of their ears to

protect their ears from the sand.

Reptiles Collared Lizards Range: The Great Basin Desert

from Southeast Oregon and Southwest Idaho

Habitat: Rocky, hilly terrain and canyons with large rocks used for protection and lookout sites.

Great Basin Collared Lizards mate in May or June and the female lays from 3 to 7 eggs in summer

Western Tiger SwallowtailCommon Name: Western Tiger SwallowtailScientific Name: Papilio rutulusOrder: LepidopteraFamily: Papilionoidea - Swallowtail ButterfliesSubfamily: PapilioninaeSwallowtails : Named for the tails on their hindwings that resemble the long tail feathers of swallows. Papilio is from the Latin word papilio meaning "butterfly."

Plants & other fun facts!

Alkali Mariposa LilyColor: Lavender to whiteCommon name: Alkali mariposa lilyLatin name: Calochortus striatusFamily: LILIACEAERange: w Mojave DesertHabitat: Shadscale scrub, chaparral, wetland-riparian, alkaline meadows, moist creosote-bush scrub.Elevation: 800–1400 m.Flowering time: April –JuneHeight: 4-20 inches tall.

Description: Erect stems that carry 1 to 8 upright bell-shaped, flowers. Sepals 10–20 mm; petals 20–30 mm, lavender to white, sometimes rich pink, purple-veined.

Leaf: Narrow basal leaf approximately 10-20 cm long

Desert Sunflower Range: Sonoran and Mojave deserts of southeastern

California to southwestern Utah and south to Arizona and northwestern Mexico.

Habitat: Sandy, barren desert flats and roadsides below 3,000 feet.

Fun Facts ! There are more plants and animals living in the Sonoran

Desert than most forests. There is on average a mountain rescue in the valley every

3 days.If you’re thirsty, you are already dehydrated. There are about 500 edible plants in the Sonoran Desert. There have been people living in the Sonoran Desert for

the past 12,000 years. A jackrabbit can outrun most animals in the desert. The creosote bush gives us the smell of the desert. The average person that is bitten by a rattlesnake will

need 20 viles of antivenin.

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Geography of Deserts.