Describe the great Indian desert for class 9th
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The Great Indian Desert or the Thar Desert is located in western Rajasthan.
It is a sandy plain receiving an annual rainfall as low as 150 mm. The vegetation cover in the region is extremely scarce.
Some small streams appear during the rainy season, but they quickly disappear into the sand.
Thorn and scrub type of vegetation is found here .
Barchan, or crescent-shaped dunes, are a prominent feature of the desert.
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The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a large arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent that covers an area of 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi) and forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan. It is the world's 17th largest desert, and the world's 9th largest subtropical desert.
About 85% of the Thar Desert is located within India, with the remaining 15% in Pakistan. In India, it covers about 170,000 km2 (66,000 sq mi), and the remaining 30,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi) of the desert is within Pakistan. The Thar desert forms approximately 5%(~4.56%) of the total geographic area of India. More than 60% of the desert lies in the state of Rajasthan, and extends into Gujarat, Punjab, and Haryana. The desert comprises a very dry part, the Marusthali region in the west, and a semidesert region in the east with fewer sand dunes and slightly more precipitation.
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