Which of the following land can be categorised as barren land?
(a) High mountains
(b) Rocky land
(c) Marsh land
(d) All these
Answers
Answer:
Rocky Land can be categorized as barren land.
Explanation:
A barren land is an area that consists of thing sand, soil and rock layers.
Some examples of barren lands are dry salt flats, sand dunes, beaches, deserts, strip mines, exposed rocks, gravel pits, and quaries.
Though a barren land can be converted into fertile land with the help of sapling plantation, water harvesting, and fencing.
Rocky Land
Explanation:
Barren land is characterized by less than one-third of the area having vegetation or other cover.
In general, Barren Land has rocks, thin soil or sand where plants can't thrive. Barren lands can be deserts, beaches, dry salt flats, exposed rocks, sand dunes, mines and quaries. Barren land receive scanty to no rainfall and the temperature is normally high.
Rocky land falls under the barren category due to the fact that plants and trees can't grow on rocks and hence these regions are generally devoid of vegetation or very minimal.