INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -It is located partly in Rajasthan state, northwestern India, and partly in Punjab and Sindh (Sind) provinces, eastern Pakistan. The Thar Desert covers some 77, 000 square miles (200, 000 square km) of territory.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Thar Desert or the Great Indian Desert encompasses about 70% of total landmass of Rajasthan and hence it is identified as the “Desert State of India". The Thar Desert embraces the districts of Jaisalmer, Barmer, Bikaner and Jodhpur.

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Thar Desert (Hindi: ), 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 205, 000 km2 (79, 000 sq mi) in India and Pakistan. It is the world’s 20th-largest desert, and the world’s 9th-largest hot subtropical desert.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the western part of India lies the Great Indian desert.