The Great Indian Desert, also known as the Thar Desert, is located in northwestern India. It is one of the largest subtropical deserts in the world, covering an area of over 200,000 square kilometers across the Indian states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, and Gujarat. The desert is mostly an undulating sandy plain covered with crescent-shaped sand dunes, and it has an arid climate with low vegetation due to low annual precipitation of less than 250 millimeters.

1. THE
INDIAN
DESERT

2. DESERTS
A desert is a landscape or region that
receives an extremely low amount of
precipitation, less than enough to
support growth of most plants.

3. DESERTS
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Deserts are defined as areas with an
average annual precipitation of less than
250 millimetres (10 in) per year.

4. DESERTS
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Deserts are often composed of sand and rocky
surfaces. Sand dunes called ergs and stony
surfaces called hamada surfaces compose a
minority of desert surfaces. Exposures of rocky
terrain are typical, and reflect minimal soil
development and sparseness of vegetation. The soil
is rocky because of the low chemical weathering.

5. THE INDIAN DESERT
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The Great Indian Desert
(also known as the Thar
Desert), is a large, arid
region in the northwestern
part of the Indian
subcontinent.
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With an area of more
than 200,000 sq.km.
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It is the world's 9th largest
subtropical desert.

6. THE INDIAN DESERT
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It lies mostly in the Indian
state of Rajasthan, and
extends into the southern
portion of Haryana and
Punjab states and into
northern Gujarat state.

7. THE INDIAN DESERT
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The Thar Desert is situated
partly in India and partly in
Pakistan. In India the thar
desert extends from the Sutlej
River in the north & northeast,
surrounded by the Aravalli
Range on the southeast, on the
south by the salt marsh known
as the Rann of Kutch (parts of
which are sometimes included
in the Thar), and on the west
by the Indus river plains.

8. INDIAN DESERT
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It is an undulating sandy
plain covered with sand
dunes.
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Barchans (crescent
shaped dunes) cover
large areas.

9. INDIAN DESERT
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It has arid climate
with low vegetation
cover.

10. INDIAN DESERT
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Streams appear during the
rainy season.
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Rivers don't have enough
water to reach the sea.
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Inland Drainage.