D. Answer the following questions. 1. Name some important minerals that are found in the veld. 2. Why are very few trees found in the temperate grasslands of North America? 3. Describe the salient climatic features of the Amazon basin. 4. Why do the rivers of the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin flood frequently? 5. Why are the soils of the Amazon basin infertile? 6. Name some important cities located in the Ganga plain. 7. What are the major landforms of the Sahara? 8. Name some of the animals raised by people in the Ladakh region.
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Answer: 1. gold and diamond 2. temperate grassland has very few trees because of the low annual precipitation/rainfall 3.The Amazon River basin has a low-water season, and a wet season during which, the rivers flood the adjacent, low-lying forests. The climate of the basin is generally hot and humid. 4. As the rivers of the Ganga Brahmaputra basin flow through regions of heavy rainfall they carry huge amounts of water. Sometime these rivers overflow and cause floods which are a common feature in this regions 5.The soils of the Amazon basin are mostly infertile because the Amazon basin is hot and wet. 6. Allahabad, Calcutta, Lucknow e.t.c 7. cirques and moraines
8. Yaks, wild sheeps and wild goats
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