Answer the following questions.
(a) What are the two types of deserts found in the world?
(b) In which continent is the Sahara desert located?
(c) What are the climatic conditions of the Ladakh desert?
(d) What mainly attracts tourists to Ladakh?
(e) What type of clothes the people of the Sahara desert wear?
c) Name the trees that grow in Ladakh.
Answers
Explanation:
a) Two types of deserts are cold desert and hot desert.
b) Sahara desert is located in the continent Africa.
Answer:a).The two types of deserts found in the world are hot deserts and cold deserts.
b) The Sahara is the world's largest desert; it extends across most of the northern part of Africa.
c) The altitude of Ladakh varies from 3000m to 8000m, because of which the climate is very cold and dry. The air at this altitude is very thin and it intensifies the heat from the sun. The temperature in winters is less than –40°C and the day temperature in summers is just above zero degrees.
d) The gumbos, the meadows and glaciers, ceremonies and festivities are the some of the charms that attract tourists to Ladakh.
e) they wear heavy robes as protection against dust storms and hot winds.
f) willows, poplar, and fruit trees such as apples, apricots and walnuts are some of the tree that grow in ladakh.