Name: Life in the Ladakh Desert
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 6 min 36 s
Description: Whether it is freezing cold or extremely hot, living beings adapt to their surroundings. Watch this video to know about life in the Ladakh desert.

Question

Look at the map of the Sahara desert and the adjoining areas provided below and answer the following questions:

1. Name the mountain range located in the north-western part of the Sahara desert.

2. Name the river which flows through the eastern part of the Sahara desert.

3. Which important latitude passes through the Sahara desert?

4. Name the deserts which are also part of the Sahara desert.

Accepted Answer

The Mountain range located in the North-Western part of the Sahara desert is the Atlas mountains.

The longest river in the world Nile flows through the Eastern part of the Sahara desert.

The Tropic of Cancer is the parallel line of latitude that passes through the middle of the Sahara desert.

The Sahara is the world's biggest desert.
It extends throughout much of north Africa. It reaches all the way from the Red Sea in the east up to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. There are also indigenous names for particular areas, such as the Tanezrouft region of southwestern Algeria and the Tenere region of central Niger of Berber origin.

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