Kangraoo Rat 5. Kit Fox 6. Another type of desert is not located near the equator, but instead in a climate that is so cold, that the air can only hold a small amount of moisture. There is very little precipitation, and all the surface water is locked in unusable blocks of ice. These conditions have created the Antartican and Greenland deserts, which are nothing like the usual picture of arid lands.
Deserts are certainly more diverse than most people suspect.