Cold Deserts of the World. Name Location, Size, Physical Features, Some Plants & Animals, Special Facts. Atacama Coasts of Peru and Chile, 54,000 mi2 140,000 km2, Covered by sand dunes and pebbles. One of the driest areas on earth. bunchgrass, cardon cactus, tamaruga trees. read more
Some Plants & Animals: Special Facts: Atacama Coasts of Peru and Chile: 54,000 mi 2 140,000 km 2: Covered by sand dunes and pebbles. One of the driest areas on earth. bunchgrass, cardon cactus, tamaruga trees. lizards, llama, Peruvian fox, nesting area for many seabirds: Only a few thousand people (mostly farmers) live in the inland desert areas. read more
Cold Desert Ecosystems Cold deserts are found in the Antarctic, Greenland, Northern and Western China, Turkestan, Iran and the Nearctic area. Many nomads have settled on farms in the Gobi Desert and it was crossed as early as the 13th century by Genghis Khan. read more
Some famous cold deserts are: – Atacama, Gobi, Great Basin, Namib, Iranian, Takla Makan, and Turkestan. Antarctica is the largest cold desert of the earth. Cold deserts are divided in to two sub-categories: – Cold and Coastal. read more