The Great Indian Dessert

Question 1

The great Indian dessert lies in

Answer 1

North West side of Aravalli hills

Question 2

Topography ( forms )

Answer 2

• Undulating topography
  -Logitudnal dunes ( Northern part- Indo-Pak border )
• Barchans

Question 3

Dessert features

Answer 3

Mushroom rock
Oasis ( mostly in southern part )
Shifting dunes

Question 4

Dessert region climatic features

Answer 4

Low precipitation (below <150 mm)
Arid region
Low vegetation cover
High evaporation ( water deficit region)

Question 5

The great Indian dessert called as

Answer 5

Marusthali

Question 6

Y called Marusthali

Answer 6

Undulating topography
Arid region
Low vegetation
Low precipitation
Longitudinal dunes
Barchans

Question 7

The dessert is an extention of

Answer 7

Peninsular plateau

Question 8

On the basis of orientation the dessert is divided into 2 parts -

Answer 8

1. Barchans in the Southern slope towards Rann of Kutch
2. Longitudinal dunes in the Northern part sloping towards Sindh

Question 9

What kind of rivers found in dessert

Answer 9

Ephemermal

Question 10

The Luni river - now prominent - only largest river present in the dessert region present in -

Answer 10

Southern part of the dessert ( Rann of Kutch)

Question 11

___and ___ conditions make dessert region a water deficit region hi

Answer 11

High evaporation
Low precipitation

Question 12

The lakes/ playas in the dessert are used for

Answer 12

Obtaining salt

Question 13

The lakes / playas are __

Answer 13

Brackish

Question 14

Due to extreme arid conditions the dessert surface have been carved by ___ and ___

Answer 14

Physical Weathering, Wind actions

Question 15

Type is stream in dessert

Answer 15

Inland drainage

Question 16

In Mesozoic era Marusthali was under

Answer 16

Sea

Question 17

Evidence that is was under see ,this concluding that it was and extention of peninsular plateau

Answer 17

Wood fossils in Aakal + Marine deposits near Brahmsar , Jaisalmer depicting that it aged 180 million yes)

Question 18

Physical Weathering

Question 19

Brackish

Question 20

Ephemermal

Question 21

Inland drainage

Question 22

__and ___ rivers are part of inland drainage

Answer 22

Luni + Ghaggar ( b/w punjab n chandigarh)

Question 23

Largest ephemermal / inland Salt Lake in India

Answer 23

Sambar Salt Lake ( west of Jaipur )

Question 24

Desert rivers are

Answer 24

ephemermal
Inland drainage ( disappear within the sand / inland drainage like lake don’t meet the ocean or sea .

Question 25

Cold dessert of India

Answer 25

Ladakh