Desert Region | MCQs

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The Atacama Desert is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of northern Chile in South America.

It is the driest place on Earth.

It is the largest fog desert in the world.

It is also the only hot true desert.

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• Punjab Province has two deserts: The Thal Desert (Bhakkar) and the Cholistan (Bahawalpur) Desert.
• Sindh has one desert: The Thar Desert.
• Balochistan has one desert: The Kharan Desert.
• KPK has no deserts.
• Gilgit-Baltistan has one desert: Katpana (Skardu) Desert.

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The Gibson Desert is located in Western Australia.

It covers an area of about 156,000 square kilometers.

Named after Alfred Gibson, an explorer who disappeared in the area during an expedition in 1874.

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• "Dashl-e-Lut" desert located in Iran
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• The Lut Desert is in the southeast of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
• an arid continental subtropical area notable for a rich variety of spectacular desert landforms.
  

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Dast e Lut desert is a large salt desert

Dast e Lut desert is located in Iran

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