INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA

GREAT INDIAN DESERT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Thar Desert is a ____ desert.
A
cold and wet
B
cold and dry
C
hot and dry
D
hot and wet
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thar desert is a hot desert. It is also called the Great Indian Desert. It is situated in the arid region of rolling sand hills on the Indian subcontinent. This region receives very low rainfall below 150 mm per year.

Detailed explanation-2: -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 200, 000 km2 (77, 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-3: -The flagship species of the Thar Desert ecoregion is the caracal. 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: -Thar Desert, also called Great Indian Desert, arid region of rolling sand hills on the Indian subcontinent. 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-5: -The Thar Desert is located in northwest India. It is one of the major hot deserts of the world with the highest population density .

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