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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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    The Thar Desert (also known as the deserts) is by some calculations the world's seventh largest desert, by some others the tenth. [48] It forms a significant portion of western India and covers an area of 200,000 to 238,700 km 2 (77,200 to 92,200 sq mi). [49] The desert continues into Pakistan as the Cholistan Desert.

  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. Desert National Park - Wikipedia

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    Desert National Park is a national park in the Indian state of Rajasthan, near the towns of Jaisalmer and Barmer. It is one of the largest national parks, covering an area of 3,162 km 2 (1,221 sq mi) in the Thar Desert. Sand dunes form around 44% of the park. The major landform consists of craggy rocks and compact salt lake bottoms, intermedial ...

  6. North India - Wikipedia

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    Sunset on the sand dunes at Thar desert located in North Indian state of Rajasthan. North India lies mainly on continental India, north of peninsular India. [citation needed] Towards its north are the Himalayas which define the boundary between the Indian subcontinent and the Tibetan plateau.

  7. 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.

  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 ...

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