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Climate, Vegetation and Wildlife of Asia. - Coggle Diagram

- - - - This type of climate occurs in the Arabian desert in Saudi Arabia and the Thar desert in India and Pakistan. They lie in the western margins of the landmass. These desert areas remain hot throughout the year. Generally the summers are hot and winters are cool. The rainfall due to offshore winds is scanty. Due to the rapid heating of the land during the day and cooling at night a great difference between the day and night temperatures is experienced in these desert regions.
    - - The common animals which live in the harsh climatic conditions of the tropical deserts include camel, ass, gazelle and cheetah.
    - - In the tropical deserts generally conditions are unfavourable for the growth of vegetation. So most of the region is bare with patches of shrubs, grass and thorny bushes Date palins grow in the oasis.
  - - - In the temperate deserts, vegetation is sparse, comprising shrubs, grasses and thorny bushes Ferns, bamboos, lianas and palms also grow here. However, highlands in Tibet and Mongolia also contain Taiga and Tundra like vegetation depending on the amount of moisture.
    - - This type of climate is found in a vast territory of high mountains in Central Asia, including the Gobi desert, (China and Mongolia), the Taklamakan desert and the Plateau of Tibet. Since this region is located far away from the oceans, it has extreme type of climate with hot summers and severely cold winters with temperature falling below the freezing point. The high mountain barriers in this region keep the rain-bearing winds away from this region and therefore, the rainfall is scanty during the summer, whereas, during the winters it falls as snow.
    - - In temperate deserts, the animals found are the Bactrian camel (two humped camel) and horses. Yak is the common animal in the Plateau of Tibet, a cold desert. In Mongolia, Kuland or wild ass is an important animal.