INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Aravalli. The Aravalli Range is a mountain range located in the Northern-Western region of the Indian subcontinent. Thar desert is located in the North-West of the Aravalli range.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Indian desert (Thar desert) lies towards the western margins of the Aravali Hills. It has a sandy plain covered with sand dunes.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Thar Desert covers some 77, 000 square miles (200, 000 square km) of territory. It is bordered by the irrigated Indus River plain to the west, the Punjab Plain to the north and northeast, the Aravalli Range to the southeast, and the Rann of Kachchh to the south.

Detailed explanation-5: -The northeastern part of the Thar Desert lies between the Aravalli Hills. The desert stretches to Punjab and Haryana in the north, to the Great Rann of Kutch along the coast, and to the alluvial plains of the Indus River in the west and northwest.