21. Its natural habitat is cold desert . 22. The question is what changed it from a climate much like ours to the cold desert it is now, 23. At night the top metre of surface water loses heat to the cold desert air but insulates the lower layer. 24. The terrain changes for a green paradise to a rocky cold desert in just a few meters across the pass. 25. Shahrud has a cold desert climate ( K�ppen climate classification " BSk " ) with hot summers and cool winters. 26. Cold deserts can be covered with snow or ice for part of the year; frozen water unavailable to plant life.27. Owing to the strong rain shadow of the Mogollon Rim, the Painted Desert has a cold desert climate ( Phoenix. 28. Jiuquan has a cold desert climate ( K�ppen " BWk " ), with long, cold winters, and hot, somewhat dry summers. 29. Saikhan-Ovoo has a cold desert climate ( K�ppen climate classification " BWk " ) with warm summers and very cold winters. 30. Tsogt-Ovoo has a cold desert climate ( K�ppen climate classification " BWk " ) with very warm summers and very cold winters.
