the hot and dry conditions in this region allow very little vegetation to grow.the plants that grow here obtain and conserve water in various ways.
the cactus is the most common vegetation that is found here.it has short roots near is the ground surface do that it quickly absorbs the morning dew before it evaporates. it stores weather in its fleshy stem.
in the cactus plant, the leaves are modified into spines. By thus reducing the leaf surface, water is conserved in the stems which then become thick and succulent.
the sonoran desert in Arizona USA is well known for it's fleshy and thorny plants sucn as glant saguaro, cholla and other varieties of cacil and yucca.
animals that can survlve with very little water live here. the desert fox, gazelles, scorpion, lizards, rattle and snakes and various kinds of insects are found here.
in deserts,the rate ofo evaporation exceeds rainfall. they get less than 25 cm of the rain per year. Deserts also experlence huge temperature fluctuation. the low humidity during the day allow more than 90% of the sun's heat to reach the ground. As such, day temperature can be as high as 49 c.