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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 January 2025. Arid region in India and Pakistan Thar Desert Great Indian Desert Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India Map of the Thar Desert ecoregion Ecology Realm Indomalayan Biome Deserts and xeric shrublands Borders Northwestern thorn scrub forests Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh Geography Area ...
This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. ... Thar Desert: Subtropical: 238,254 [6] 77,220: Southern Asia: India and Pakistan: 19 Puntland Desert:
The Thar Desert of Sindh is divided into Nara, Achro, and Thar, all situated in the southern part of Sindh. [3] Historical records indicate that the normal monsoon is around 127.5 mm, but it reached a maximum of 443.9 mm in 2011 due to sudden climatic changes. Water scarcity is prevalent in many areas, leading to limitations in agriculture.
It has also spread into India. 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 ...
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.
Thar may refer to: Thar Desert, or the Great Indian Desert and Marusthal, large desert in northwestern India and Pakistan, constituting the major part of the Indian state of Rajasthan Marusthali, a region of Rajasthan, India in the Thar Desert; Tharparkar (disambiguation), a district in Sindh, Pakistan
The Government of India initiated departmental exploration for oil in 1955–56 in the Jaisalmer area. [31] Oil India Limited discovered natural gas in 1988 in the Jaisalmer basin. [32] Musicians and dancers are also a major cultural export from Jaisalmer to the rest of the world. Manganiyar musicians have played the world over, and Queen ...
[7] [8] [9] The mountainous upper portion of Northwest India consists of the Western Himalayas, while the flat lower portion consists of the middle portion of the Indo-Gangetic plains and the Thar Desert. Northwest India borders Pakistan to the west, and the Tibet Autonomous Region and Xinjiang of China to the northeast.