Ladakh a call desert at an altitude of 3000-3500 metres above sea level has a low average annual rainfall rate of 50 mm glaciers have always been the only source of water agriculture is completely dependent on glacier melt unlike the rest of river monsoon fed India but over the years with increasing effects of climate change rainfall and snowfall pattern have been changing resulting in severe shortage and drought situations given the severe winter condition the window for farming is usually limited to one harvest season
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Ladakh, a cold desert at an altitude of 3,000-3,500 metres above sea level, has a low average annual rainfall rate of 50mm. Glaciers have always been the only source of water. Agriculture is completely dependent on glacier melt unlike the rest of river/monsoon-fed India.
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