the dissimilarities in landform, climate, natural vegetation and lifestyle of the people in both the Sahara Desert and the Ladakh Desert
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The first difference that arises is that Sahara is the hottest desert whereas the Ladakh desert is a cold desert.
In Sahara there is less vegetation and dryness due to extremity of temperature.
There are mainly cactus and other types of thorny bushes on which the animals have to survive.
In Ladakh, due to low temperature and yet desert climate, animals are reared for their hair, hide and wool.
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Sahara is a hot desert and the Ladakh is a cold desert.
Explanation:
- landform: Sahara desert is located in Africa and is a hot desert, has an area of 9,200,000 km sq. Sahara has mainly rocky sand plateaus and large areas covered by sand dunes. Other features are and dunes, dune fields, sand seas, stone plateaus, gravel plain.
- Climate: Rare amount of rainfall, hs a warm-core high pressure, high position of the sun, extreme low relative humidity, and temperature exceeds 45° C.
- natural vegetation: Lack of vegetation due to no rainfall, only vascular plants
- lifestyle: People use draught animals as most of them are nomads. Use sheep, goats, and camels and take shelter in the oasis.
- Ladakh desert is a cold desert located in the Himalayas and its altitude varies from 3000 to 8000 meters. COmprises of various mountainous ranges as the Karakoram.
- The climate of desert is freezing cold and dry and rainfall in this region is less than 10 cm as it lies in the rain shadow of Himalayas.
- Due to dryness, the vegetation is sparse in this region. Only small patches of grass and shrubs for animals to graze.
- The lifestyle of people in Ladakh is a traditional one and most of them are nomads and depend on agriculture and Indus valley.
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