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Does it ever snow in the desert ?
1 . A place is called a because it is very dry . Many people think that deserts must be hot as well as dry . They are only half right . It is true that the world's deserts are always dry . It is not that all of them are always hot .
2 . In hot parts of the world , the deserts are hot . But even these hot deserts cool down at night .
3 . In cooler parts of the world , the deserts are cold at night . They are also cold in winter . Many places in the world are also deserts . The of Greenland , for example , is an ice desert .
4 . All deserts , hot or cold , get some rain . It may last only a few . It may come only once a year . But sometimes this rain falls on a cold desert in winter . When that happens , cold air changes the rain to snow . In fact , cold deserts high in the often get . So the answer is yes , it does snow in the .

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Does it ever snow in the desert ?
1 . A place is called a because it is very dry . Many people think that deserts must be hot as well as dry . They are only half right . It is true that the world's deserts are always dry . It is not that all of them are always hot .
2 . In hot parts of the world , the deserts are hot . But even these hot deserts cool down at night .
3 . In cooler parts of the world , the deserts are cold at night . They are also cold in winter . Many places in the world are also deserts . The of Greenland , for example , is an ice desert .
4 . All deserts , hot or cold , get some rain . It may last only a few . It may come only once a year . But sometimes this rain falls on a cold desert in winter . When that happens , cold air changes the rain to snow . In fact , cold deserts high in the often get . So the answer is yes , it does snow in the .