KERALA PSC / PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY / DESERT / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

 

KERALA PSC / PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY / DESERT / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

KERALA PSC / PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY / DESERT / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

·      Antarctic Deserts, Arctic, Sahara (Africa), Arabian Desert (Middle East), Gobi Desert (Asia), Kalahari Desert (Africa), Pantago nian Desert (South America), Great Victoria Desert (Australia), Syrian Desert (Middle East), Great Basin Desert (North America) are the ten largest deserts in the world.

·      Hot deserts have sparse vegetation often found in clumps over small patches of land

·      Cacti are the most typical plant. In some places, dwarf trees like Accacia, Date palms etc are also found

·      June 17: World day to combat desertification

·      The Takla Makan (32000 sq.km) is the largest desert in China; Gobi (Mongolia) is the coldest desert in the world. Largest Desert in India is ‘Thar Desert’

·      Camel is known as the ship of the desert

·      Atacama Desert in Northern Chile is the driest place on Earth. It is virtually sterile because it is blocked from moisture on both sides by the Andes mountains and by the Chilean Coast Range.

·      Kalahari Desert lies in Southern Africa. The Bushmen are the aborigines of Kalahari

·      Hottest Place: Denakit Depression, Ethiopia, 34.4ºC

·      Hottest inhabited place: Dji Buti

KERALA PSC / PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY / DESERT / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE