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  2. Thar Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is an arid region in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent that covers an area of 200,000 km 2 (77,000 sq mi) in India and Pakistan. It is the world's 18th-largest desert, and the world's 9th-largest hot subtropical desert.

  3. Geography of India - Wikipedia

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    A map of the Indian Sunderbans in West Bengal Pichavaram Mangroves, Tamil Nadu. India's wetland ecosystem is widely distributed from the cold and arid located in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, and those with the wet and humid climate of peninsular India. Most of the wetlands are directly or indirectly linked to river networks.

  4. List of deserts of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a large, arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent that forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan. It is the world's 16th largest desert, and the world's 9th largest subtropical desert. 85% of the Thar Desert is in India, and the remaining 15% is in ...

  5. List of deserts by area - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above 50,000 km 2 (19,300 sq mi). Some of Earth 's biggest non-polar deserts

  6. How this school in the Indian desert stays cool even in ...

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    To keep the Rajkumari Ratnavati Girl’s school cool in the heat of the Thar desert, New York architect Diana Kellogg incorporated a range of traditional and natural cooling methods.

  7. Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    The Indian subcontinent is one of the most populated regions in the world, holding roughly 20–25 percent of the global population. Geographically, the peninsular region in Southern Asia is located below the Third Pole, delineated by the Himalayas in the north, the Hindu Kush in the west, and the Indo-Burman Ranges in the east. [9]

  8. Northwest India - Wikipedia

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    The southern region is flat and consists of the middle portion of Indo-Gangetic plains and the Thar Desert. The states of Punjab and Haryana are located in the Trans-Gangetic plain along with the territories of Chandigarh and National Capital Territory, and the state of Uttar Pradesh is located in the Upper Gangetic plain or the Doab region ...

  9. The gigantic dunes rising up out of the world’s oldest desert

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    Here are eight different ways to discover desert Africa: Trek some of the world’s tallest sand dunes (Namibia) ... Located around a six-hour drive north of Cape Town, Namaqua National Park ...