To qualify as a desert,a region must ________.
A) be hot,with a mean annual temperature greater than 25°C (77°F)
B) be arid,with less than 15% of the ground surface vegetated
C) have a mean annual temperature greater than 25°C and less than 5 cm annual rainfall
D) have no rainfall three out of four seasons
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