Question

Write short note.
1. The Rajasthan Desert ​

Answer 1

Ret, Sand

Sand, Ret

Boht sara ret

Boht sara sand

Ret, Sand

Sand, Ret

Boht sara ret

Boht sara sand

Ret, Sand

Sand, Ret

Boht sara ret

Boht sara sand

Rajasthan ☺

Answer 2

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 and forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan. It is the world's 17th largest desert, and the world's 9th largest hot subtropical desert

OR

The Rajasthan desert or the Thar is another expanse of the Pleistocene and Recent deposits. While most of its sand is of Aeolian origin, a part of it is also obtained through the disintegration of the crystalline rocks there. Some sand and salt particles are also brought by the pre veiling south-west monsoon winds from the Rank of Kachchh.

The sand is depos­ited as vast sheets or as mounds called sand dunes. The sand largely consists of quartz with grains of feldspar and hornblende. The sand particles are uni­formly rounded by attrition (V.C. Misra, 1968, p. 247). There is but little rainfall in Rajasthan-the mean annual fall being not more than 12 cm-and consequently no water-action to carry off the detri­tus to the sea, and hence it has gone on accumulating year after year.

The Rajasthan desert is of recent origin. There is evidence that the region north of the Kachchh and south of the Punjab was a fertile and forested tract housing flourishing cities, even so late as the time of invasion by Alexander the Great (323 B.C.). The growing aridity accompanied with excessive loss of vegetation promoted the growth of the desert. The desert is gradually encroaching upon the fertile ag­ricultural lands of the north and the east which calls for effective counter measures to check its advance­ment.