Expansion of subtropical deserts is expected as a result of global warming, due to expansion of the Hadley Cell.
It could become a valuable agricultural crop in subtropical coastal deserts.
In Amenas has a hot subtropical desert climate (BWh, according to the Köppen climate classification).
Members of the genus are native to tropical and subtropical deserts and xeric shrublands in North and South America.
The climate is mostly arid subtropical desert, with little rainfall.
I pressed on, turning the air con higher then lower I dropped into the subtropical desert of southern Arizona.
Hot semi-arid climates are most commonly found around the fringes of subtropical deserts.
Its habitat ranges from tropical desert to subtropical or warm temperate desert to rainforest zones.
This circulation is intimately related to the trade winds, tropical rainbelts & hurricanes, subtropical deserts and the jet streams.
The woodlands are surrounded at lower elevations by other ecoregions, mostly tropical and subtropical deserts and xeric shrublands, forests, and grasslands.