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What are the characteristics of Coastal deserts?

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What are the characteristics of Coastal deserts?

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The Nearctic and the Neotropical realm is the home of the coastal desert. The average temperature in this area ranges from 13 to 24C with the winter temperatures dropping to 5C and below. The average rainfall measures in the coastal desert measures 8-13 cm. The soil in the coastal desert is fine-textured with moderate soil content, and is fairly porous with good drainage. The plants have thick and fleshy leaves or stems that can take large quantities of water when it is available and store it for future use, some plants also have corrugated surfaces with longitudinal grooves and ridges. The salt bush, buck wheat bush, black bush, rice grass, little leaf horse brush and black sage are some of the plants living in the coastal desert. Like all animals found in the desert, the ones here are also specialized adaptations. Some of them like toads seal themselves in burrows with gelatinous secretions and remain inactive for eight or nine months until a heavy rain occurs while some insects that

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