Question
Discuss the climate of Ladakh.
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Answer
Climate of Ladakh:
- Climate is extremely cold and dry.
- The altitude in Ladakh varies from about 3000 metres in Kargil to more than 8000 metres in the Karakoram.
- The air at great altitude is so thin that the heat of the sun is felt intensely.
- The day temperatures in summers are just above zero degree and the night temperatures well below 30°C.
- It is freezing cold in the winters when the temperatures remain below 40°C for most of the time.
- Ladakh lies in the rain shadow of the Himalayas.
- Hence there is little rainfall, as low as 10 centimetres every year.
- The area experiences freezing winds and burning hot sunlight.
- If people sit in the sun with their feet in the shade.
- They suffer from both sunstroke and frost bite at the same time.
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