{"id":1180,"date":"2023-06-22T14:26:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T08:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:01:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:31:15","slug":"q-climate-is-extreme-rainfall-is-scanty-and-the-people-used-to-be-nomadic-herders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-climate-is-extreme-rainfall-is-scanty-and-the-people-used-to-be-nomadic-herders","title":{"rendered":"Q. \u201cClimate is extreme, rainfall is scanty and the people used to be nomadic herders.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The above statement best describes which of the following regions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>African Savannah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Central Asian Steppe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North American Prairie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Siberian Tundra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (b) Central Asian Steppe<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Nomadic herding or pastoral nomadism<\/strong>&nbsp;is a primitive subsistence activity, in which the herders rely on animals for food, clothing, shelter, tools and transport.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They move from one place to another along with their livestock, depending on the amount and quality of pastures and water, thus there is an<strong>&nbsp;irregular pattern of movement.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Steppe<\/strong>&nbsp;(Temperate Grassland Climate)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Climate<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Climate<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>is continental with&nbsp;extremes of temperature.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Temperatures vary greatly between summer and winter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The summers are hot and the winters are cold.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summers are very warm, over 18 \u2013 20\u00b0 C.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The steppe type of climate in the southern hemisphere is never severe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rainfall<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The average rainfall may be taken as about 45 cm, but this varies according to location from 25 cm to 75 cm.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The heaviest rain comes in June and July (late spring and early summer).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most of the winter months have about an 2.5 cm of precipitation, brought by the occasional depressions of the Westerlies and coming in the form of snow.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The maritime influence in the southern hemisphere causes more rainfall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grasses<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Greatest difference from the tropical savanna is that steppes are practically&nbsp;<strong>treeless&nbsp;<\/strong>and the&nbsp;<strong>grasses are much shorter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grasses are tall, fresh and&nbsp;<strong>nutritious<\/strong>. This is typical of the grass of the wheat-lands in North America, the&nbsp;<strong>rich black earth or chernozem areas of Russian Ukraine<\/strong>&nbsp;and the better watered areas of the Asiatic Steppes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where the rainfall is light or unreliable, or the soil is poor, as in the continental interiors of Asia the short steppe type of grass prevails.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The grasses are not only shorter but also&nbsp;<strong>wiry [<\/strong>lean, tough<strong>] and sparse [<\/strong>thinly dispersed or scattered<strong>]<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These areas are&nbsp;<strong>less suitable for arable farming<\/strong>&nbsp;and are used for some form of&nbsp;<strong>ranching<\/strong>&nbsp;as in the High Plains of U.S.A.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The growth of grasses is not abruptly checked by summer droughts or winter cold.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trees\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Polewards, an increase in precipitation gives rise to a transitional zone of wooded steppes where some&nbsp;<strong>conifers<\/strong>&nbsp;gradually appear.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the cultivated regions, such as the wheat farms of the Prairies, double rows of trees are planted around the house to shield the occupants from the strong wind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Animals\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Does not have much animal diversity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Horses<\/strong>&nbsp;are common in Asian Steppes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>African Savanna<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The belt includes&nbsp;<strong>West African Sudan<\/strong>&nbsp;and then&nbsp;<strong>curves southwards into East Africa and southern Africa north of the Tropic of Capricorn.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>South American Savanna<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There are two distinct regions namely the llanos of the Orinoco basin [north of equator] and the compos of the Brazilian Highlands [South of equator].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Australian savanna<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Australian savanna is located south of the monsoon strip (northern Australia) running from west to east north of the Tropic of Capricorn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Indian Savanna<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Certain parts across Northern Karnataka, Southern Maharashtra and Telangana exhibit characteristics of both semi-arid and savanna climate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Due to irrigation and cultivation, this region is different from other savanna regions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/name-of-the-grasslands-of-the-world.gif\" alt=\"name of the grasslands of the world\" class=\"wp-image-8377\" width=\"830\" height=\"424\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_06f583-fd .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_06f583-fd .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_06f583-fd\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The above statement best describes which of the following regions? 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