INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -More than 55% of the desert lies in the Indian state of Rajasthan; the portion in India also extends into Gujarat, Punjab, and Haryana. The portion in Pakistan extends into the provinces of Sindh and Punjab (the portion in the latter province is referred to as the Cholistan Desert).

Detailed explanation-2: -Thar Desert or Great Indian Desert is the world’s ninth largest desert. It forms a significant portion of western India and covers an area of about 200, 000 km² to about 238, 700 km². In Pakistan is continues as Cholistan Desert.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thar Desert, also called Great Indian Desert, arid region of rolling sand hills on the Indian subcontinent.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The Cholistan Desert is locally known as “Rohi ‘and covers the area of Bahawalpur, Punjab. It adjoins the Thar Desert, extending over to Sindh and into India.