Life in the Deserts

Desert -: It is an arid region characteriesed by extremely high or low temperatures and has scarce of vegetation

What is a desert ?

There are 2 types of desert :- **********

1) HOT DESERT

2) COLD DESERT

Types of desert

Hot desert - Sahara

The Sahara desert lies in North Africa. It is the world’s largest desert with an area of 8.54 million sq. km . It touches 11 countries – Chad, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger ,Sudan, Tunisia & Western Sahara

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ClimateThe climate of Sahara desert is scorching hot and parch dry. It has a short rainy season. The sky is cloudless & clear. Days are hot & the temperature may soar as high as 50 degrees Celsius.

Heating up the sand & the bare rocks , which in turn radiates heat making everything around hot. The night may be freezing cold with temperatures nearing zero degrees.

Vegetation in the Sahara desert includes cactus, date palms & acacia. In some places there are OASIS, green islands with date palms surrounding them. Camels, hyenas, foxes, scorpions and also many varieties of snakes & lizards are prominent animal species living there.

Flora & Fauna

People

The people here are mainly tribes such as the Bedouins and tauregs who rear livestock such as goat, sheep, camels &horses. These animals provide them with milk, hides from which they make leather for belts, slippers, water bottles; hair is used for mats, carpets, clothes & blankets. They grow crops like rice, wheat, barley & beans. They wear heavy robes as protection against dust storms & hot winds.

Location of Sahara

desert

Flora

Fauna

People

This Power point presentation is by –

Karan Kamath