Life In The Deserts - Class 7 Geography - Extra Questions

The Sahara desert is located across Northern Africa and covers approximately 25 percent of the African continent. Its borders include the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Red Sea to the east.

Ladakh is a famous tourist place. The tourists from within the country and abroad enjoy visiting Buddhist monasteries that dot the Ladakhi landscape with their traditional gompas. The meadows and glaciers in Ladakh also attract these tourists. The ceremonies and festivities in which the local people keep themselves engaged during winter months are great attractions to the tourists.

The climate of the Ladakh desert is extremely cold and dry due to its high altitude which varies from about 3,000 m in Kargil to more than 8,000 m in Karakoram. The air at this altitude is so thin that the heat of the sun can be felt intensely. The day temperatures in summer are just above zero degrees and the night temperatures are below -30C. Winters are extremely cold with temperatures below -40C most of the time. There is very little rainfall in this region. It is as low as 10 cm every year. The area experiences freezing winds and burning hot sunlight. There is always a chance of sunstroke and frostbite at the same time.

The Sahara desert experience scorching hot and parch dry climate. The rainy season occurs for the short time. The sky is cloudless and clear. Days are extremely hot. The temperatures during the day may rise as high as $$50^oC$$. The nights may be freezing cold with temperatures nearing zero degrees.

The people of the Sahara desert wear heavy clothes.

The two words with which Ladakh is made up of are La meaning mountain pass and Dak meaning country.

Ladakh is located in the Great Himalayas, on the eastern side of Jammu and Kashmir.

Scanty patches of grasses and shrubs, groves of willows and poplars, fruit trees such as apples, apricots, and walnuts.

The day temperature - It may soar as high as $$50^oC$$.
The night temperature - Nearing zero degrees

Goats, Sheep, Camels and horses.

Vegetation in the Sahara desert is comprised of cactus, date, palms, and acacia.
Green islands with date palms can be seen near the oasis.

The Bedouins and Tuaregs.

In the summer season the people of the Ladakh desert are busy in cultivation work. They grow crops such as barley, potatoes, peas, beans and turnip. The climate during winters is very harsh and people keep themselves engaged in festivities and ceremonies. The women manage the house and fields with great efficiency. They also manage small business and shops.

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

People of the Sahara deserts wear heavy robes in order to protect themselves from the dust storms and hot winds.

Flora - The Sahara desert has vegetation such as cactus, date palms and acacia. In some places, there are oasis where one can see green islands with date palms. 

Robias, Redstarts, Tibetan snow cock, Raven and Hoopoe.

Flora - Vegetation is scanty in the Ladakh desert. There are scanty patches of grasses and shrubs. Groves of willows and poplars are seen in the valleys. During the summers, fruit trees such as apples, apricots and walnuts grow.
Fauna - Several species of birds are found in the Ladakh desert. Robins, redstarts, Tibetan snowcock, raven and hoopoe are common. The animals found in this region are wild goats, wild sheep, yak and special kinds of dogs.

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

Indus.

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

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

The Sahara desert experiences harsh climate. Despite that various groups of people such as the Bedouins and Tuaregs live here. These are nomadic tribes who pursue different activities. They rear animals such as goats, sheep, camels, and horses. They get milk and hides from these animals. They prepare leather from hides. This leather is used in making belts, slippers, water bottles. They use the hair of these animals in making mats, carpets, clothes, and blankets. The people of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes to protect themselves from the dust storms and hot winds.
The oasis in the Sahara desert and the Nile valley in Egypt support the settled population. Since water is available, people grow date palms. They also grow rice, wheat, barley, and beans.
The Sahara is undergoing change with fast speed. Tuaregs, the nomadic tribe, are now acting as guides to foreign tourists. More and more nomadic herdsmen are migrating to cities in search of jobs in oil and gas operations.

Hemis, Thiksey, Shey and Lamayuru.