Question

Write short notes on The Indian Desert.

Answer 1

• Large areas of Indian desert are covered by Crescent shaped dunes also known as Barchans.
• Indian desert is an undulating sandy plain covered with sand dunes.
• Indian desert has a very low vegetation cover.
• Arid climate is the climatic condition prevalent in Indian Desert.
• During the rainy season, one can find the streams.
• These streams do not reach the seas as they do not have sufficient water to carry them all the way till Arabian sea.
• These streams are lost the sand.
• The only large river present in Indian desert is the Luni river.
• Below 150 mm per year is the rainfall in Indian desert. This amount of rainfall received in Indian desert is very low.
• Towards the western margins of the Aravali Hills, one can find the Indian desert.
• Near the Indo-Pakistan boundary, one can find longitudinal dunes.