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There is a place in our country called the cold desert. This area is high, dry and flat. This area is in

A.
Shillong (Meghalaya)
B.
Darjeeling (West Bengal)
C.
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)
D.
Leh (Ladakh)

Solution:

Explanation:Cold Deserts are deserts having extremely cold winters. These deserts are generally found in mountainous areas.Ladakh is the only cold desert in India, situated in the Himalayas. It doesn't get affected by the monsoon as it lies in the rain shadow region of the Himalayas.The rainfall in this region is as low as 10 cm annually.Additional InformationT he Antarctic Polar Desert covers the continent of Antarctica and has a size of about 5.5 million square miles. The second-largest desert is the Arctic Polar Desert. Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. Some Major Deserts of the world are:-NameLocation/CountryAntarcticAntarcticaArcticAlaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, RussiaSaharaNorthern AfricaArabianArabian PeninsulaGobiChina and MongoliaPatagonianArgentinaGreat VictoriaAustraliaKalahariSouth Africa, Botswana, NamibiaGreat BasinUnited StatesSyrianSyria, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi ArabiaChihuahuanMexicoGreat SandyAustraliaKara-KumUzbekistan, TurkmenistanKyzyl-KumUzbekistan, Turkmenistan, KazakhstanTaklamakanChinaTharIndia, PakistanAtacamaChileNamibAngola, Namibia, South Africa

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