GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Gold
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Mountain Range
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Desert
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Barchan
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Detailed explanation-1: -It has arid climate with low vegetation cover. Streams appear during the rainy season. Soon after they disappear into the sand as they do not have enough water to reach the sea. Barchans (crescent-shaped dunes) cover larger areas but longitudinal dunes become more prominent near the Indo-Pakistan boundary.
Detailed explanation-2: -barchan, also spelled Barkhan, crescent-shaped sand dune produced by the action of wind predominately from one direction. One of the commonest types of dunes, it occurs in sandy deserts all over the world.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Thar Desert is undoubtedly the most inhospitable ecoregion in the Indo-Pacific region; yet still, it supports a human population density of over 80 people per km2, making it the most densely populated desert in the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Deserts are basically regions characterised by three main features-low rainfall, scanty vegetation and extreme temperatures.