SSC
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Sahara
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Thar
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Ganges
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Khyber
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -Ladakh and Spiti: the Trans-Himalayan cold desert. The White Salt Desert of Kutch. The Sandy Thar Desert.