NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Major physical features include three mountain ranges, three major river systems, and one vast desert. The mountain ranges include the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush, and the Karakoram range along the northern part of the region. The Himalaya mountains act as a climatic divider between India and Tibet.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the Arabian Peninsula, the Rub’ al-Khali (“Empty Quarter”), which is almost as big as Texas, is the largest all-sand desert in the world. Much of Southwest Asia has an arid or a semiarid climate, with temperatures as high as 125°F during the day.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most common physical features of South West Asia are deserts and bodies of water. Even though most people think of the Middle East as dry and arid land it has many water bodies including rivers and straits. Also many of the countries are bordered by oceans.

Detailed explanation-4: -The region is home to a variety of geographical features, such as glaciers, rainforests, valleys, deserts, and grasslands that are typical of much larger continents. It is surrounded by three water bodies – the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea – and has acutely varied climate zones.