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The word desert has been "formerly applied more widely to any wild, uninhabited region, including forest-land", and it is this archaic meaning that appears in the phrase "desert island". [3] The term "desert island" is also commonly used figuratively to refer to objects or behavior in conditions of social isolation and limited material means ...
Astola Island, Balochistan, Pakistan. Astola Island (Urdu: جزِیرہ اَستُولا) also known as Jezira Haft Talar (Balochi: زروان ءِ هفت تلار, Urdu: جزیرہ ہفت تلار), Satadip, 'Island of the Seven Hills' or Dajjal Island is a small uninhabited Pakistani island in the Arabian Sea approximately 25 km (16 mi) south of the nearest part of the coast and 39 km (24 mi ...
This is a list of traditional Arabic place names. This list includes: Places involved in the history of the Arab world and the Arabic names given to them. Places whose official names include an Arabic form. Places whose names originate from the Arabic language. All names are in Standard Arabic and academically transliterated. Most of these ...
Makran (Urdu: ریاست مکران) was an autonomous princely state in a subsidiary alliance with British India until 1947, before acceding to Pakistan as an autonomous princely state of Pakistan. [27]
Afrikaans; Alemannisch; العربية; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Беларуская ...
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 ...
The Cholistan Desert (Urdu: صحرائے چولستان; Saraiki: چولستان روہی), also locally known as Rohi (روہی), [1] is a desert in the southern part of Punjab, Pakistan that forms part of the Greater Thar Desert, [2] which extends to Sindh province and the Indian state of Rajasthan.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 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 ...