LOCATION AND STRUCTURE OF INDIA
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85 %
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96 %
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Detailed explanation-1: -About 85% of the Thar Desert is located within India, with the remaining 15% in Pakistan. In India, it covers about 170, 000 km2 (66, 000 sq mi), and the remaining 30, 000 km2 (12, 000 sq mi) of the desert is within Pakistan. The Thar desert forms approximately 5%( 4.56%) of the total geographic area of India.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thar is a desert because it receives less than 50 cm of rainfall annually. This is because it lies in the rain shadow region of the Aravalli Mountains.
Detailed explanation-3: -This ecoregion lies to the west of the Aravalli Mountain Range in the northwestern Indian States of Gujarat, Rajasthan, extending across the border to the Punjab and Sind regions of Pakistan. It is considered to be the 9th largest subtropical desert.