Thorny bushes are found in _____ region.

The correct answer is dry desert.

Key Points

• Thorny bushes are found in a hot and dry desert climate with seasonal rainfall averaging 250 to 500 millimetres or less than 50-70 cm.
• Thorny forests are found in the semi-arid areas of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana.
• Acacias, palms, euphorbias, and cacti are the main plants found in these forests.
• The stems are succulent to conserve water.
• The bushes shed their leaves seasonally to avoid loss of water.
• Leaves are modified into spines (thorns) and are small to minimize transpiration.

Additional Information

• Hot desert:
  • The climate of the hot desert is scorching hot and parched dry.
  • It has a short rainy season, it does not show a significant seasonal effect.
  • The sky is cloudless and clear.
  • Here, the moisture evaporates faster than it accumulates.
  • Days are unbelievably hot.
  • The temperatures during the day may soar as high as 50°C, heating up the sand and the bare rocks, which in turn radiates heat making everything around hot.
  • Hot Desert sand is a very faint and slightly pigmented reddish-yellow colour that closely resembles the colours of sand, so we can say that hot deserts are red or orange in colour.
  • The nights may be freezing cold with temperatures nearing zero degrees.
  • An example of a hot desert is Sahara.