UPSC Geography Climate / जलवायु Question Bank Physiography and Climatic Zone

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    Match the deserts with their locations and select the correct alternative:                              
    Column I (Desert) Column II (Location)
    A. Gobi (i) Chile
    B. Kalahari (ii) Sudan and Egypt
    C. Atacama (iii) China and Mongolia
    D. Nubian (iv) Namibia and Botswana

    A)  A - (iii), B - (i), C- (iv), D - (ii)               

    B)  A - (iii), B - (iv), C - (i), D - (ii)              

    C)  A - (ii), B - (iv), C - (i), D - (iii)                      

    D)  A - (iv), B - (ii), C - (iii), D - (i)

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     The Gobi Desert is a vast, arid region in northern China and southern Mongolia. It's known for its dunes, mountains and rare animals such as snow leopards and Bactrian camels. The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending 900,000 square kilometres, covering much of Botswana, parts of Namibia, and regions of South Africa. The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a 1,000-kilometre strip of land on the Pacific coast west of the Andes Mountains, It is the driest non-polar desert in the world. The Nubian Desert is in the eastern region of the Sahara Desert, spanning approximately \[400,00\,\,k{{m}^{2}}\] of north eastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea.


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