Thar Desert

The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a desert located in western India and southeastern Pakistan. 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. In Pakistan, the desert covers eastern Sind province and the southeastern portion of Pakistan's Punjab province. In Pakistan's Punjab province it is known as the Cholistan Desert. The Thar Desert is bounded on the northwest by the Sutlej River, on the east by the Aravalli Range, on the south by the salt marsh known as the Rann of Kutch, and on the west by the Indus River.

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About 10% of the desert consists of shifting sand dunes. The remaining 90% includes fixed dunes, interdunal areas, rock outcrops, and salt pans. Most of the dunes, rock outcrops, and salt pans are completely devoid of vegetation. Areas where vegetation exists are generally covered with sparse grasslands and shrublands. A thorn scrub region, known as the Northwestern thorn scrub forests, forms a broad belt around the desert.

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