explain the overall summary of the chapter "the life in dessert"
Solution-
Deserts are places with very low vegetation and harsh temperature both high or low and a year long dry conditions. . Some examples of desert are Sahara desert ,Ladakh, Gobi desert ,Thar desert etc.
Climates- scorching hot and dry in hit deserts where temperature tosses about 50 degrees at day time.The nights here may be very cold because the land radiates the heat back making the temperature at night freezing.
Flora and fauna-Cactus ,date palm ,accacia are some of major floras found here.Camels ,scorpion hyenas are important animals present in deserts.
Cold Deserts- Ladakh in India is an example of cold Deserts-.The Karakoram range in north and the Zaskar in South enclose this area.The temperature in summer here is almost above 0 degree Celsius and night temperature is around 30 degrees.There is little rainfall as low as 10 cm here.
Flora and fauna-
There are scanty patches of shrubs and grasses for animals to graze . During summer ,trees like apricot ,apples and walnuts well bloom.Birds like redstarts ,Tibetan snow cock are a common here. While animals wild sheep's ,yak are very common to see .
Buddhist monasteries dot the landscape with their traditional gompas.Some important monasteries are Hemis ,Shey ,Thiksey etc.In summers the people were engaged in cultivation of turnip, potato etc. While in winter the conditions were so harsh that the people often engage them in festivities and ceremonies.Tourism is major activity here as it is one of major tourist destination of India.
Deserts are places with very low vegetation and harsh temperature both high or low and a year long dry conditions. . Some examples of desert are Sahara desert ,Ladakh, Gobi desert ,Thar desert etc.
Climates- scorching hot and dry in hit deserts where temperature tosses about 50 degrees at day time.The nights here may be very cold because the land radiates the heat back making the temperature at night freezing.
Flora and fauna-Cactus ,date palm ,accacia are some of major floras found here.Camels ,scorpion hyenas are important animals present in deserts.
Cold Deserts- Ladakh in India is an example of cold Deserts-.The Karakoram range in north and the Zaskar in South enclose this area.The temperature in summer here is almost above 0 degree Celsius and night temperature is around 30 degrees.There is little rainfall as low as 10 cm here.
Flora and fauna-
There are scanty patches of shrubs and grasses for animals to graze . During summer ,trees like apricot ,apples and walnuts well bloom.Birds like redstarts ,Tibetan snow cock are a common here. While animals wild sheep's ,yak are very common to see .
Buddhist monasteries dot the landscape with their traditional gompas.Some important monasteries are Hemis ,Shey ,Thiksey etc.In summers the people were engaged in cultivation of turnip, potato etc. While in winter the conditions were so harsh that the people often engage them in festivities and ceremonies.Tourism is major activity here as it is one of major tourist destination of India.