THAR DESERT


Meaning of THAR DESERT in English

or Great Indian Desert

Region of hot, dry desert, northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan.

Its undulating surface is composed of sand dunes separated by sandy plains and low, barren hills. Several saline lakes are found there. Covering some 77,000 sq mi (200,000 sq km), it is bordered by the Indus River plain, the Aravalli Range, the Arabian Sea, and the Punjab plain.

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