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How dry does a desert have to be to be called a desert?

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Less than 10 inches (250mm) of precipitation per year, or where more water is lost by h evapotranspiration than falls as precipitation.

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Why are deserts called deserts?
because the word desert is like deserted which means abandoned. a desert is not competely abandoned but there are a few people who live there
Why is desert called desert?
Cas that's wat it's mention to be called
Why is a desert called a desert?
Perhaps it is because deserts are big stretches of land, with nothing to fill them but sand- they are deserted.
Why are deserts dry?
Not all deserts are dry but most are because they receive less than ten inches of rain per year. Some are even polar deserts where there is snow on the ground and it's freezing, but little...