Prelims · 3 Physical & World Geography · 3.7 Biogeography and soils of the world

3.7.5 Deserts of the world: hot and cold deserts and polar regions

Deserts are places of very low rainfall — hot deserts on the western sides of continents in the subtropics, cold deserts in mid-latitude interiors and rain shadows, and the polar deserts and tundra where cold, not heat, limits life.

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Key terms

  • desert
  • hot desert
  • cold desert
  • Sahara
  • Arabian
  • Kalahari
  • Namib
  • Thar
  • Atacama
  • Great Australian Desert
  • Sonoran
  • Gobi
  • Taklamakan
  • Patagonia
  • Ladakh
  • erg
  • reg
  • hamada
  • oasis
  • xerophytes
  • cactus
  • date palm
  • Bedouin
  • Tuareg
  • San
  • tundra
  • permafrost
  • mosses
  • lichens
  • Inuit
  • Sami
  • Antarctica
  • Vostok
  • Antarctic Treaty
  • Maitri
  • Bharati
  • Himadri

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