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Question
What are the climatic conditions of the Ladakh desert?
Solution
Climatic conditions of the Ladakh Desert:
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- Climate is extreme cold and dry.
- Due to high temperature, air is thin and the heat of the sun is felt intensely.
- Summer Season:
- Day temperatures are just above 0°C.
- Night temperatures go down upto -30°C.
- Winter Season:
- It is freezing cold in winter.
- Most of the period temperatures remain 40°C.
- Rainfall is only 10 cm annually because of the area lying in the rainshadow region of the Himalayas.
- Ladakh desert experiences freezing winds and burning hot sunlight during the day.
- If one sits in the sun, and his feet in the shade he may suffer from sunstroke and frostbite at the same time.
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