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Quiz about Arid Areas
Quiz about Arid Areas

Arid Areas Trivia Quiz


There are twenty-three deserts in the world. Here are ten of them. Simply match the name of the desert with the country or countries in which it is found. Good luck.

A matching quiz by Trivia_Fan54. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Trivia_Fan54
Time
3 mins
Type
Match Quiz
Quiz #
403,111
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
545
(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.
QuestionsChoices
1. The Great Basin Desert  
  China
2. The Taklamakan Desert  
  United States
3. The Great Sandy Desert  
  Mexico, United States
4. The Registan Desert  
  Namibia, South Africa and Angola
5. The Atacama Desert  
  India, Pakistan
6. The Namib Desert  
  Mexico, United States
7. The Thar Desert  
  Australia
8. The Sonoran Desert  
  Australia
9. The Great Victoria Desert  
  Peru, Chile
10. The Chihuahuna Desert  
  Afghanistan





Select each answer

1. The Great Basin Desert
2. The Taklamakan Desert
3. The Great Sandy Desert
4. The Registan Desert
5. The Atacama Desert
6. The Namib Desert
7. The Thar Desert
8. The Sonoran Desert
9. The Great Victoria Desert
10. The Chihuahuna Desert

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The Great Basin Desert

Answer: United States

The Great Basin Desert is found over a large part of the state of Nevada in the United States. It also extends into western Utah, as well as eastern California and Idaho. It is one of the deserts in the world that is not hot all year. Rather, it has hot and dry summers with cold winters with some snow.
2. The Taklamakan Desert

Answer: China

The Taklamakan Desert (also spelled Taklimakan and Teklimakan) is a desert in Northwest China. It lies in the rain shadow of the Himalayas and is relatively close to Siberia, so is considered a cold climate desert. In the winter, temperatures can reach well below −20 °C (−4 °F), while in summer they can rise up to 40 °C (104 °F).

The Taklamakan Desert is also a "shifting sand" desert. Every year, homes and villages are covered over by the desert sand as it moves across the landscape.
3. The Great Sandy Desert

Answer: Australia

The Great Sandy Desert is found in the northwestern part of Western Australia. It is the second largest desert in Australia with an area of 284,993 square kilometres (110,036 sq mi). One of the features of this desert are the ergs that form there. An erg, or sand sea or dune sea, is an area that forms in some deserts that are flat and have little or no vegetation.

As a result, large wave-like dunes form across the surface. Some of the Great Sandy Desert's large ergs have been photographed by satellite.
4. The Registan Desert

Answer: Afghanistan

The Registan Desert is an extremely arid area in southwestern Afghanistan. It is made up of red sand hills and sand covered plains. The desert is traveling from west to east and has engulfed many small villages. The shifting of this desert seems to be due to the loss of vegetation that stabilizes the sand. Vegetation loss has occurred from over-harvesting firewood and allowing animals to overgraze grasses and small plants.
5. The Atacama Desert

Answer: Peru, Chile

The World Wide Fund for Nature suggests that the Atacama Desert ecoregion occupies a continuous narrow strip in the northern third of Chile. However, the National Geographic Society considers the coastal area of southern Peru to be part of the Atacama Desert as well.

The Atacama Desert is one of the driest spots in the world, with weather stations regularly reporting lest than one inch (25 mm) of rain each year. There is evidence that some areas of this desert went without any significant rain from 1570 to 1971.
6. The Namib Desert

Answer: Namibia, South Africa and Angola

This African desert has an area of about 80,950 square kilometres (31,200 square miles). It is extremely arid, but some plants and animals are able to survive on an unusual form of moisture. The Namib Desert runs along the coast in southern Africa. Winds from the Atlantic drift in causing fog on many mornings.

Despite having very little rain, the moisture in the fog provides sustenance for some plants and animals who call this desert home, including several species of lizards, arthropods, and some beetles and mammals.
7. The Thar Desert

Answer: India, Pakistan

Approximately 85% of the Thar Desert lies in northwestern India, with only 15% lying in Pakistan. The Thar Desert is quite populated for a desert, with many inhabitants engaging in agriculture, livestock farming, industry and mining. The Taj Mahal was built with white marble mined from one area in the Thar Desert.
8. The Sonoran Desert

Answer: Mexico, United States

The Sonoran Desert is found in the southwestern United States/northwestern Mexico. It covers an area of 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 sq mi). Despite being a very hot desert, plenty of people live there. Over seventeen American Indian tribes live on reservations in California and Arizona.

As well, there are a number of indigenous communities in the desert in Mexico. On top of that, the large cities of Phoenix, and Tucson in Arizona, and Mexicali, Hermosillo, and Ciudad Obregón in Mexico bring the human population in this desert into the millions.
9. The Great Victoria Desert

Answer: Australia

The Great Victoria Desert is named after Queen Victoria, who was reigning when the area was first explored by British explorers. It is sparsely populated by some Indigenous communities. Few mammals or birds live in this desert, but some lizards do live in the area.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the United Kingdom carried out nuclear weapons tests in the desert at Maralinga and Emu Fields. This has left some areas in the Great Victorian Desert contaminated with plutonium-239 and other radioactive material.
10. The Chihuahuna Desert

Answer: Mexico, United States

The Chihuahuna Desert lies in northwestern Mexico/southwestern United States. It is in an area where deserts are common, with the Sonora Desert bordering its western edge. According to the World Wild Life Fund for Nature, the Chihuahuna Desert may be the most biologically diverse desert in the world.
Source: Author Trivia_Fan54

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