Having put their troops into the cold desert for three weeks, officers grapple against the many real frictions even a simulated war can bring.
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Like the rest of the Tibetan Plateau, Nubra is a high altitude cold desert with rare precipitation and scant vegetation except along river beds.
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It was a time, more than three billion years ago, when conditions on Mars seemed much more hospitable to life than today's cold desert environment.
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Where else would you find opera patrons wrapped in blankets to ward off the cold desert air, or bundled in parkas, or wearing baseball caps?
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The deserts can be distinguished by their plants : the Joshua tree and creosote bush occur in the hot deserts, while the cold deserts have neither.
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This pass is frequently used by shepherds of lower Himalayan region, seeking for high altitude grassland in the dry cold desert of Lahaul during summer time.
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Some publications do not have a " mild desert " category; in these documents mild desert climates are sorted into either the hot desert or cold desert classifications.
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On the continent's far western side is another mountain range called " The Hellers " and a high elevation cold desert plateau called " The Dry Towns ."
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There are around 11 lakes and 10 marshes in the Changtang Cold Desert Sanctuary, and the majestic River Indus dances through the sanctuary, dividing it into two parts.
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This northern region of India known as Ladakh is a cold desert plateau, a western extension of the Tibetan Plateau in the great Himalayas, on the frontier with China.
