PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
GREAT INDIAN DESERT
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High rainfall, 140 mm
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Low rainfall, 150 mm
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High rainfall, 150 mm
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Low rainfall, 140 mm
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ans: (i) The Indian Desert The Indian desest lies towards the western margins of the Aravali Hills. It is an undulating sandy plain covered with sand dunes. This region receives very low rainfall below 150 mm per year.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Thar Desert is a hot tropical desert characterized by a hot climate and scarce annual rainfall of below 150 mm. The vegetation here is mainly thorny bushes and scrubs and the region is covered with dunes. The only prominent river in this region is Luni.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thar Desert receives very less rainfall. The climate here is very dry and arid. This region receives rainfall as low as 150 mm per year.
Detailed explanation-4: -The southern coast of Sumatra is very rainy. Here, around 4, 000 millimeters (155 inches) of rain falls per year, and it is difficult to find an acceptable period.
Detailed explanation-5: -Racetrack Playa. Deserts are arid ecosystems that receive fewer than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation a year. Death Valley, California, above, receives fewer than 5 centimeters (2 inches) of rainfall every year.