Is Mount Everest a Desert? No—It Gets 1,000 mm Precipitation Annually

No. A desert receives < 250 mm (10 in) annual precipitation. Mount Everest averages ~1,000 mm (39 in)—mostly snow. It also hosts alpine vegetation (mosses, lichens, cushion plants) and wildlife (snow leopard, Himalayan tahr, pika, birds)—not a barren desert landscape.