Question

Why is asia called land of contrasts?

Answer 1

Asia is the land of contrasts because :-

(a) on one hand it has areas with such high temperatures such as the temperature in Thar desert and very low temperatures like in Russia.

(b) It has highly populated areas as China or India and isolated areas too such as Thar desert again.

(c) It has areas with heavy rainfall such as cherapunji and no rainfall such as in deserts.

(d) It has all types of land features such as various plateau, desert, mountains, seas, plains etc.