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Polar Desert
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Polar deserts are regions of Earth that fall under an ice cap climate. Despite rainfall totals low enough to normally classify as a desert, they are distinguished from true deserts by their low annual temperatures and low evapotranspiration. Most polar deserts are covered in ice sheets, ice fields, or ice caps, and are also called white deserts.
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