Question

Relief features of the Tharparkar desert

Answer 1

There is no stream of fresh water in the region. However, in Nagarparkar there are two perennial springs, namely Anchlesar and Sardhro, as well as temporary streams called Bhatuyani River and Gordhro River which flow during the rainy season. There are some hilly tracks called Parkar. The Granite Marble has been found there. “Karoonjhar Mountain” is near to Nagarparkar. There are no lakes, glaciers, plains in the district. This district is mainly a desert area.Topography[edit]The Thar Region forms part of the bigger desert of the same name that sprawls over a vast area of Pakistan and India from Cholistan to Nagarparkar in Pakistan and from the south of the Haryana down to Rajasthan in India.The area is mostly deserted and consists of barren tractsof sand dunes covered with thorny bushes. The ridges are irregular and roughly parallel, they rise to a height of about 46 metres and often create valleys. When there is rain these valleys aremoist enough to allow cultivation and when not cultivated, grass grows. The extraordinary salinity of the subsoil land and consequentshortage of potable water renders many quite picturesque salt lakes which rarely dry up.The only hills are in Nagarparkar, on the Northern edge of the Runn of Kutchh, which belong to quite a different geological range. It consists of granite rocks, probably an outlying mass of the crystalline rocksof the Arravelli range. The arravelli range belongs to the Archean system which constitutes the oldest rocks of the earth's crust. This is a small area quite different from the desert. The principle range Karoonjhar is19 km in length and attains aheight of 305 m. Smaller hillsrise in the east, which is covered with jungle and pasturage and gives rise to two springs named Anchlesar and Sardhro as well as temporary streams called Bhatyani and Gordhro after the rain.