| 11. | The Gobi is a cold desert, with frost and occasionally snow occurring on its dunes.
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| 12. | The Ladakh region, lying in the Great Himalayas in India, also has a cold desert climate.
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| 13. | Cold desert regions are rare in the world.
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| 14. | The Gobi desert in Mongolia is a classic example of a region with a cold desert climate.
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| 15. | The cold deserts are generally higher than the hot, and have their precipitation spread throughout the year.
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| 16. | This was achieved by utilizing animal production and cultivation technologies specifically developed for the cold desert climates.
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| 17. | Because of the cold desert like conditions on the plateaus there are very little plants and animals.
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| 18. | Antarctica's cold deserts have some of the least diverse fauna in the world . reindeer, and various fish.
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| 19. | This includes the cold desert soil.
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| 20. | The northern side of the western Himalayas, also known as the trans-Himalayan belt, has a cold desert climate.
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