(i) Write in brief about Amazon Basin.
(ii) Write in brief about the Ladakh desert.
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ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴍᴀᴢᴏɴ ʙᴀsɪɴ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏғ sᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀ ᴅʀᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴍᴀᴢᴏɴ ʀɪᴠᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛs ᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛᴀʀɪᴇs. ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴍᴀᴢᴏɴ ᴅʀᴀɪɴᴀɢᴇ ʙᴀsɪɴ ᴄᴏᴠᴇʀs ᴀɴ ᴀʀᴇᴀ ᴏғ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 6,300,000 ᴋᴍ2 (2,400,000 sϙ ᴍɪ), ᴏʀ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 35.5 ᴘᴇʀᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴇɴᴛ. ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀsɪɴ ɪs ᴄᴏᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴍᴀᴢᴏɴ ʀᴀɪɴғᴏʀᴇsᴛ, ᴀʟsᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀs ᴀᴍᴀᴢᴏɴɪᴀ.
ʟᴀᴅᴀᴋʜ ɪs ᴀ ᴄᴏʟᴅ ᴅᴇsᴇʀᴛ ɪɴ ɪɴᴅɪᴀ. ɪᴛ ʟɪᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ʜɪᴍᴀʟᴀʏᴀs, ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀsᴛᴇʀɴ sɪᴅᴇ ᴏғ ᴊᴀᴍᴍᴜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴋᴀsʜᴍɪʀ. ɪᴛ ʜᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪɢʜᴛʏ ᴋᴀʀᴀᴋᴏʀᴀᴍ ʀᴀɴɢᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏʀᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜᴛʜ, ɪᴛ ɪs ʙᴏᴜɴᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴢᴀɴsᴋᴀʀ ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛᴀɪɴs.ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʟᴛɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ ɪɴ ʟᴀᴅᴀᴋʜ ᴠᴀʀɪᴇs ғʀᴏᴍ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 3000ᴍ ɪɴ ᴋᴀʀɢɪʟ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ 8000 ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋᴀʀᴀᴋᴏʀᴀᴍ.
Answer:
i) The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about 6,300,000 km2 (2,400,000 sq mi), or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. ... Most of the basin is covered by the Amazon rainforest, also known as Amazonia.
Plant growth is dense and its variety of animal inhabitants is comparatively high due to the heavy rainfall and the dense and extensive evergreen and coniferous forests
The Amazon River basin has a low-water season, and a wet season during which, the rivers flood the adjacent, low-lying forests. The climate of the basin is generally hot and humid.
ii) Ladakh is a cold desert in India. It lies in the Great Himalayas, on the eastern side of Jammu and Kashmir. It has the mighty Karakoram Range in the North and in the south, it is bound by the Zanskar mountains. ... The altitude in Ladakh varies from about 3000m in Kargil to more than 8000 m in the Karakoram. is also known as Khapa-chan, which means snow land.This is because Ladakh lies in the rain shadow side of the Great Himalayas which block the monsoon clouds. Ladakh is most famous for breathtaking landscapes, the crystal clear skies, the highest mountain passes, thrilling adventure activities, Buddhist Monasteries and festivals.
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