E. Answer the following in one word:
1. Area receiving rainfall less than 50 cm per year.
2. A fertile part of desert where underground water is available, which makes cultivation
possible.
3. The grasslands to the south of the Sahara desert.
F. Short Answer Questions
1. What are the two types of deserts found in the world?
2. In which continent is the Sahara desert located?
3. What are the main tourist attractions in Ladakh?
4. What type of clothes do the people of Sahara desert wear?
G. Long Answer Questions
1. What do you understand by nomads? Name a few tribes inhabiting the Sahara desert.
2. Name a cold desert. Explain its location and climate.
3. Briefly explain the flora of Sahara desert along with the featur
Answers
Explanation:
1) Areas receiving rainfall less than 50 cm per year is called as Deserts.
2) A fertile part of desert where underground water is available, and which makes cultivation possible is called as an Oasis.
3) The grasslands to the south of Sahara desert is called as Savannahs.
F) 1) A place can be classified as desert when there is very low precipitation. According to this there can be two broad category of desert: the hot desert and the cold desert.
Example of hot deserts are Sahara desert, Thar Desert, etc.
Example of cold desert: Ladakh.
2) The Sahara desert is located in the African continent. It is the largest desert in the world.
3) The main tourist attractions of Ladakh are the Nubra Valley, the Khardungla Pass, which is also world's highest motorable road, Kargil and Drass sectors, trekking, and visiting numerous monasteries around the area.
4) People living in the Sahara desert needs to protect their body from the blazing sun, that's why they wear long and loose garments, they also wear turbans, and also shoes which protects them from the hot sand.
G) 1) Nomads are generally the groups of people who travels from one place to another generally in search of good pastoral grounds for their animals. They generally depend on their animals for their nutrition, and they are also the one living in some of the extreme climatic conditions.
For example, the tribes living in the Sahara desert are Tuareg tribe and Bedouins.
2) The name of the cold desert is Ladakh. Ladakh lies in the Great Himalayas, in the north it is surrounding by the Karakoram ranges, and in the south it is surrounded by the Zaskar ranges. The climate of Ladakh is extreme, summers are hot and very dry, the direct sunlight falling on this height causes problems like sunstroke, and the winters can be extremely cold.
3) The flora of Sahara desert is like most desert plants. They have some special modifications which makes them able to survive such harsh conditions.
The flora generally consists of cactus, and other thorn plants like Acacia, Date palms, etc.
These plants have long roots to absorb water from underground water, they have special tissues for the storage of water, and they have short lived plants, and complete their entire life cycle within the season of rainfall.