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[Driary ratios of continents] Which continent is the driest continent? I think it should be Antartica, but I have found it is Australia. I think so because Antartica is also the largest desert in the World.
Simon Bridge said:How did you go about finding out?
How are you measuring "dryness"?
When someone asks you about how you are measuring something and you didn't personally do the measuring, then just read that is "what measure are you using?" ... in this case, that would be: "something to do with rainfall". Which is not very specific. In order to help you, I need to know about how you are thinking.I do not measure it but it is so in ...
Where did you find those "informations"? What sort of data sources are you using?...it is so in the informations I found.
Note: do you have a link to a dictionary definition for the word "driary"?Driary must be related raining amount.
Simon Bridge said:When someone asks you about how you are measuring something and you didn't personally do the measuring, then just read that is "what measure are you using?" ... in this case, that would be: "something to do with rainfall". Which is not very specific. In order to help you, I need to know about how you are thinking.
Are you thinking annual rainfall or record low rainfall?
How do you decide on a rainfall figure for an entire continent?
Are you counting snow or just liquid water?
But at least it's more specific than "driest"Where did you find those "informations"? What sort of data sources are you using?
Precipitation data is quite easy to find - but tends to be "rainfall equivalents" for Antarctica.
The various scientific bases there keep track while the Australian government has a whole met service to look up ;)
A brief informal scan suggests 5-600mm/annum for Oz, and 1-200mm/annum for Antarctica... what data you use depends heavily on what you want it for.Note: do you have a link to a dictionary definition for the word "driary"?
Simon Bridge said:Oh I see.
As far as I can tell, there is no such word as "driary" in the English language. Certainly not in common use.
Water falling out of the sky is usually called "precipitation" - and includes rain, hail, and snow.
Common language does not usually lump the different forms together.
The opposite of wet is "dry" or "arid" - the amount that something is dry would be "dryness" or "aridity".
If volume of rainfall per unit area is the measure of wetness of a place, then a measure of dryness could be the inverse wetness or area/rainfall. But we would not normally try to measure dryness since it is an absence of something and it is difficult to work with absences.
Diary ratios of continents refer to the ratio of land area to water area for each continent on Earth. It is a measure of the amount of land and water present on a continent.
Diary ratios of continents are calculated by dividing the total land area of a continent by its total water area. This calculation can be done using data from maps and satellite imagery.
Diary ratios of continents provide valuable information about the distribution of land and water on Earth. It can help us understand the unique characteristics of each continent and their potential for different types of habitats and ecosystems.
The diary ratios of continents vary greatly. For example, Africa has a ratio of approximately 3:1 (land area to water area), while North America has a ratio of about 1:1. This reflects the diverse geographic features and landmasses found on each continent.
Yes, diary ratios of continents can change over time due to natural processes such as erosion and tectonic movements. Human activities, such as land reclamation and sea level rise, can also impact these ratios. However, these changes occur over long periods and may not be noticeable in our lifetime.