explain the importance of thardesert
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✿ Thar desert is located in Rajshahi
✿ It is the biggest desert in India
✿ It is the world's 20th-largest desert, and the world's 9th-largest hot subtropical desert.
✿ About 85% of the Thar Desert is in India, and about 15% is in Pakistan.
The importance of Thar Desert can be explained with the help of the following points:
1. The Desert of Thar becomes very’warm in summer and turns into the center of low air pressure. So the summer monsoons (south-west) get attracted towards it and cause rainfall in India.
2. The minerals like mica, gypsum, copper, marble, asbestos, rock phosphate, feldspar, mineral oil and natural gas make it important economically.
3. It has strategic importance as it acts as a barrier between India and Pakistan.
4. Due to physical diversities, it attracts many tourists towards India.
5. The semi – arid regions of Thar are suitable for animal herding.
6. The soil found here is fertile and the availability of water for irrigation purposes can transform it into agricultural land.