Hot deserts - opportunities and challenges

Question 1

give 4 opportunities in hot deserts

Answer 1

mineral extraction
tourism
energy
farming

Question 2

mineral extraction in deserts

Answer 2

exported all over world
gypsum - plaster
Sanu limestone - Jaisalmer

Question 3

tourism in deserts

Answer 3

popular - 10 000s each year
desert safaris
annual desert festival
employment - tour guides, accomodation

Question 4

energy in deserts

Answer 4

coal deposits
oil field in Barmer District
Jaisalmer wind park - 2001
solar power - cloudless skies

Question 5

farming in deserts

Answer 5

mostly subsistence farming
irrigation - commercial
Indira Ghandi Canal - cotton and wheat

Question 6

give 3 challenges of development

Answer 6

extreme temperatures
water supply
accessibility

Question 7

extreme temperatures in deserts

Answer 7

sometimes over 50C
hard to work outside
water evaporates
nocturnal animals

Question 8

water supply in deserts

Answer 8

high demand
fast evaporation
ponds
underground water - poor quality

Question 9

accessibility in deserts

Answer 9

limited roads - tarmac melts
camels
public transport

Question 10

Indira Ghandi Canal

Answer 10

main irrigation
650km long
Jodhpur and Jaisalmer
farming - new crops - cotton, wheat
drinking water