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=THE DESERT BIOME = = = Deserts make up one third of the planet. Hot deserts usually have a large diurnal and seasonal temperature range, they have high daytime temperatures, and low nighttime temperatures. In hot deserts the temperature in the daytime can reach 113 °F in the summer, and get to as low as 32°F in the winter. The desert gets so hot during the day because it it always recieving direct radiation from the sun and has nothing to break down the direct rays at all. Then during the night it gets very cold because there is nothing to keep in the radiation and heat and so all of the heat escapes the atmosphere. Many deserts are formed by rain shadows; mountains blocking the path of precipitation to the desert.

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