Life in the Deserts Test - 2

The rivers form deep valleys and gorges. Several glaciers are found in Ladakh, for example the Gangri glacier.

Ladakh is also known as Khapa-chan that means snow land.

Egyptian cotton is famous worldwide is grown in Egypt. Crops such as rice, wheat, barley and beans are also grown.

The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert and covers most of northern Africa

Drass one of the coldest inhabited places on earth is located in Ladakh.

The two types of the deserts found in the world are the cold deserts and the hot deserts.

Ladakh is made up of two words – La
meaning mountain pass and Dak meaning country

In fact several Buddhists monasteries dot the Ladakhi landscape with their traditional ‘gompas’. Some famous monasteries are Hemis, Thiksey, Shey and Lamayuru.

The desert covers 11 countries.
The desert encompasses, at least in part, the countries of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan, and Tunisia.

Desert is a large, dry, barren region, usually having sandy or rocky soil and little or no vegetation

Tuaregs are seen acting as guides to foreign tourists. More and more nomadic herdsmen are taking to city life finding jobs in oil and gas operations.

Tafilalet Oasis in Morocco is a large oasis with an area of about 13,000 sq.km

Sahara desert covering a large part of North Africa. It is the world’s largest desert. It has an area of around 8.54 million sq. k m.

Sahara once used to be a lush green plain. Cave paintings in Sahara desert show that there used to be rivers.

The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert and covers most of northern Africa

Since water is available, the people grow date palms. Crops such as rice, wheat, barley and beans are also grown

Camels, hyenas, jackals, foxes, scorpions, many varieties of snakes and lizards are the prominent animal species living in Sahara desert.

The people here are either Muslims or Buddhists. In fact several Buddhists monasteries dot the Ladakhi landscape with their traditional ‘gompas’. Some famous monasteries are Hemis, Thiksey, Shey and Lamayuru 

Ladakh is a cold desert lying in the Great Himalayas, on the eastern side of Jammu and Kashmir.

The finest cricket bats are made from the wood of the willow trees.

The Chiru or the Tibetan antelope is an endangered species. It is hunted for its wool known as shahtoosh, which is light in weight and extremely warm.

The desert areas of the world are characterised by low rainfall, scanty vegetation and extreme temperatures. Depending on the temperatures there can be hot deserts or cold deserts.

Sahara desert is covered with gravel plains and elevated plateaus with bare rocky surface. These rocky surfaces may be more than 2500m high at some places.

In fact several Buddhists monasteries dot the Ladakhi landscape with their traditional ‘gompas’. Some famous monasteries are Hemis, Thiksey, Shey and Lamayuru.

Al Azizia is in Sahara desert, south of Tripoli,Libya

The Sahara desert despite its harsh climate has been inhabited by various groups of people, who pursue different activities. Among them are the Bedouins and Tuaregs.

The mainly inhabited of the Ladakh desert were Buddhists and Muslims.

Hair of sheep and goat are used for mats, carpets, wollen clothes and blankets.

The Sahara desert touches eleven countries. These are Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia and Western Sahara.

The Sahara desert is a hot desert, despite its harsh climate has been inhabited by various groups of people, who pursue different activities.