INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -This region receives very low rainfall below 150 mm per year. It has arid climate with low vegetation cover. Streams appear during the rainy season.

Detailed explanation-2: -The average temperature in the desert ranges between 75-70 degrees Celsius in summers and 39-50 degrees Celsius in winters. In the Indian desert, days are warm and nights are freezing in the winter season. This desert experiences a subtropical desert climate and high pressure.

Detailed explanation-3: -One thing all deserts have in common is that they are arid, or dry. Most experts agree that a desert is an area of land that receives no more than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation a year. The amount of evaporation in a desert often greatly exceeds the annual rainfall.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thar Desert, also called Great Indian Desert, arid region of rolling sand hills on the Indian subcontinent. It is located partly in Rajasthan state, northwestern India, and partly in Punjab and Sindh (Sind) provinces, eastern Pakistan. The Thar Desert covers some 77, 000 square miles (200, 000 square km) of territory.

Detailed explanation-5: -Desert areas are characterised by low rainfall, scanty vegetation and extreme temperatures. Depending on the temperatures, there can be hot deserts or cold deserts.