Desert and Animals
The Ecosystem - Deserts
An Ecosystem is a biodiversity community where biotic and abiotic elements inhabit the same environment. There are many types of ecosystems located throughout the world and one of which is known as the Gobi desert. The Gobi is a large desert region that scales from 500,000 square miles and spans across two countries (China and southern Mongolia) covering parts of northern and northwestern China. Like all deserts, the Gobi desert is a cold biome desert that consists of a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions.
Abiotic factors of an organism are parts of the ecosystem that are not alive. These can be core elements, which the entire structure of the ecosystem depends on.Whatever life exists in an ecosystem must learn to adapt and survive the abiotic factors of the certain ecosystem. Abiotic factors within the desert environment include temperature, climate, soil, and rainfall. The abiotic features all help towards making up the desert.
The temperature in the Gobi desert has been known to shift 60 degrees in a matter of hours. The weather can go down to minus -40 degrees during in the winter and as hot as 122 degrees during the summer. Although the desert only receives an average of 7.6 inches of rainfall per year, and northerly position on the globe, it's not unheard-of to see frost or even snow atop the dunes occasionally. However, the Gobi receives most of its moisture during the winter. The Siberian Winter can cause problems in the Gobi desert, with high winds and low temperatures creating icy sandstorms or even snowstorms. High winds gather the snow from the steppes, distributing it over the dunes during the winter months. Because most of the desert is actually rock rather than sand, however, even this extra moisture has little effect on the region's ecosystem.These high winds are also the major cause of the temperature extremes common to the Gobi. Both cold and hot air are swept
An Ecosystem is a biodiversity community where biotic and abiotic elements inhabit the same environment. There are many types of ecosystems located throughout the world and one of which is known as the Gobi desert. The Gobi is a large desert region that scales from 500,000 square miles and spans across two countries (China and southern Mongolia) covering parts of northern and northwestern China. Like all deserts, the Gobi desert is a cold biome desert that consists of a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions.
Abiotic factors of an organism are parts of the ecosystem that are not alive. These can be core elements, which the entire structure of the ecosystem depends on.Whatever life exists in an ecosystem must learn to adapt and survive the abiotic factors of the certain ecosystem. Abiotic factors within the desert environment include temperature, climate, soil, and rainfall. The abiotic features all help towards making up the desert.
The temperature in the Gobi desert has been known to shift 60 degrees in a matter of hours. The weather can go down to minus -40 degrees during in the winter and as hot as 122 degrees during the summer. Although the desert only receives an average of 7.6 inches of rainfall per year, and northerly position on the globe, it's not unheard-of to see frost or even snow atop the dunes occasionally. However, the Gobi receives most of its moisture during the winter. The Siberian Winter can cause problems in the Gobi desert, with high winds and low temperatures creating icy sandstorms or even snowstorms. High winds gather the snow from the steppes, distributing it over the dunes during the winter months. Because most of the desert is actually rock rather than sand, however, even this extra moisture has little effect on the region's ecosystem.These high winds are also the major cause of the temperature extremes common to the Gobi. Both cold and hot air are swept