Social Science Question(1 Marks)

Several species of birds are sighted in Ladakh. Robins, redstarts, Tibetan snowcock, raven and hoopoe are common. Some of these are migratory birds.

Indus.

These areas are characterised by low rainfall, scanty vegetation and extreme temperatures.

Trees that grow in Ladakh are Groves of willows and poplars, fruit trees such as apples, apricots and walnuts bloom.

Bedouins and Tuaregs are the two tribes that live in Sahara desert.

Oasis in the Sahara has settled population because these areas are fertile and people may settle around these water bodies and grow date palms and other crops.

Animals reared by nomadic tribes of Sahara desert are goats, sheep, camels and horses.

The people of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes as protection against dust storms and hot winds.

Indus is the most important river that flow through Ladakh.

These animals provide them with milk and hides.

Goats, Sheep, Camels and horses.

Al Azizia in the Sahara desert, south of Tripoli, Libya recorded the highest temperature of 57.7°C in 1922.

Kalahari and Sahara.

Sahara desert located is located in Africa.

It is an arid region characterised by extremely high or low temperatures and has scarce vegetation.

Sahara.

Algeria, Libya and Egypt.

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

The National Highway 1A connects Leh to Kashmir Valley through the Zoji la Pass.

Camels, hyenas, jackals, foxes, scorpions and many varieties of snakes and lizards are found in Sahara.

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

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

Ladakh is made up of two words – “La” meaning ‘mountain pass’ and “Dak” meaning ‘country’.

The oasis in the Sahara and the Nile valley in Egypt supports settled population. Since water is available, the people grow date palms. Crops such as rice, wheat, barley and beans are also grown. Egyptian cotton is famous throughout the world.

Depression are formed when wind blow away the sands.

People hunt the Chiru or the Tibetan antelope for its wool known as Shahtoosh.

They wear heavy robes as protection against dust storms and hot winds.

In the depressions where underground water reaches the surface, an oasis is formed.

As the Ladakh desert lies in the rain shadow of the Himalayas, there is little rainfall, as low as 10cm every year.

Robins, redstarts, Tibetan snow cock, raven and hoopoe.

Hemis, Thiksey, Shey and Lamayuru.

Ladakh is a cold desert.

Meadows and glacier mainly attracts tourist to Laddakh.

Rohtang La, Lungalacha La, Baralacha La and Tanglang La.

The National Highway A connects Leh to Kashmir valley through the Zojila pass.

Depressions are formed when the wind blows away the sands.

Leh is the capital of Ladakh.

The deserts are characterised by low rainfall, scanty vegetation and extreme temperatures.

Some famous monasteries of Ladakh are Hemis, Thiksey, Shey and Lamayuru.

It is because the Ladakh desert lies in the rain shadow of the Himalayas.

It has four passes:-

• Rohtang La
• Baralacha La
• Lungalacha La
• Tanglang La

Leh.

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

The hair of the sheep and goat is used to make woollens.

Sahara is a hot desert.

Eleven.

Laddakh is a Cold desert lying in the great Himalayas.