write the difference between the sahara and ladakh desert

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  Sahara desert   Ladakh desert
  1.  Sahara is a hot desert covering a large  part of North Africa.
  Ladakh is a cold desert lying in the Great Himalayas,   on the eastern side of Jammu and Kashmir 
  1. Sahara desert is located in the plain areas having small rocky hills and plateaus with slight elevation. The rocks are devoid of any flora at most of the places.
 It is located at a high altitude of 5,000 m  and above.  Only up to a height of 3600 m vegetation is found but  above this height there is a vast expanse of ice only.
   3.Climate is scorching hot and parch dry.    Climate is extremely cold and dry.
  1. Flora: Cactus, date palms and acacia are the main flora but in some places like oasis, ​green islands are found with date palms surrounding them.
   Flora: Scanty patches of grasses and shrubs,    Groves of willows and poplar trees with apples,  apricots and walnuts in summers only.
  1. Fauna: Camels, hyenas, jackals, foxes, scorpions, many varieties of snakes and lizards.
 Fauna: birds - Robins, redstarts, Tibetan snow  cock, raven and hoopoe. 
 Animals - wild goats and sheep, yak and  special  kinds of dogs.

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 sahara is a hot desert while ladak is a cold desert

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sahara desert-

it has dry and scorching hot climate.

Dates are mainly grown here.

Camels ,lizards ,snakes ,chamaleons

Temperatures may rise upto 55C

There are two tribes-  tuaregs, bedouins

ladakh desert -

it has severe cold climate

Apple,wheat,appricot

Blue sheep ,ibet, yak

Temperatures may go upto -30C

Tibetan Buddism is practised here...

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sahara desert:

  1. The average rainfall in sahara is approximately 25 cm
  2. The climate is hot and dry in sahara
  3. people of sahara desert wear loose clothes

ladakh desert :

  1. The average rainfall in ladakh is only 84 mm
  2. In ladakh the climate is very cold
  3. In ladakh people wear lots of clothes
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1.The sahara is situated in the whole of the northern Africa

2.The main river of sahara is Nile

3.Some important cities are Cairo ,Alexandria,Tripoli

ladakh desert

1. Ladakh is situated in the eastern part of  the state of Jammu&Kashmir  in India

2.The main river of ladakh is Indus

3.Leh is the important town of this region

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difference between sahara and ladakh

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sahara desert : it receives more than 25 cm of rainfall

the temperature of desert during winter night is below 0 but in summer aftrnoon it is more than 55 degree.

the water gets only from rain and oasis.

ladakh desert : it recives less than 10cm of rainfall

the temperature in summer season is just above 0 but in winter the temperature is -25 degrees.

in summer season the water gets only when the snow melts in high latitudes.

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Sahara dessert -

  1. 25 cm rain fall
  2. temp. in winter night 55 degree
  3. water only from rain oasis

Ladakh dessert

  1. summer temp.
  2. water in summer from melted snow
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