GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Name a cold desert region of India?
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Shillong Plateau
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Dun Valley
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Ladakh
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Baramula
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Cold Desert Cultural Landscape of India is situated in the Himalayas and stretches from Ladakh (in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, or J&K) in the north to Kinnaur (in the state of Himachal Pradesh, or H.P.) in the south.
Detailed explanation-2: -Climate of Leh is dry and cold. Leh has many mountains. Top of those mountains are covered with snow. Therefore, Leh is called a cold desert.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ladakh gets very little rainfall and there are high snowcapped mountains and cold, flat ground. Thus, it is called a cold desert.
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