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Deserts of Pakistan

The document summarizes four deserts found in Pakistan: 1) The Thar Desert is the largest, located along the border with India. It covers 200,000 sq km between the two countries. 2) The Thal Desert is in central Punjab province, stretching 306 km near the Pothohar Plateau. Agriculture and livestock are the main livelihoods. 3) The Cholistan Desert in southern Punjab was once fertile but is now sandy. It derives its name from the Turkic word for "sands". 4) The Kharan Desert in Balochistan is sandy and mountainous. Pakistan's second nuclear test occurred there in 1998. The land is not suitable for agriculture

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Deserts of Pakistan

The document summarizes four deserts found in Pakistan: 1) The Thar Desert is the largest, located along the border with India. It covers 200,000 sq km between the two countries. 2) The Thal Desert is in central Punjab province, stretching 306 km near the Pothohar Plateau. Agriculture and livestock are the main livelihoods. 3) The Cholistan Desert in southern Punjab was once fertile but is now sandy. It derives its name from the Turkic word for "sands". 4) The Kharan Desert in Balochistan is sandy and mountainous. Pakistan's second nuclear test occurred there in 1998. The land is not suitable for agriculture

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DESERTS IN PAKISTAN
THAR DESERT
THAR DESERTS
• Also known as the Great Indian Desert
• An arid region in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent
• covers an area of 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi)
• forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan.
• Itis 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 portion in Pakistan extends into the provinces of Sindh[4]
and Punjab
THAL DESERT
THAL DESERTS
• The THAL Desert is situated at 31°10’ N and 71°30’ E in the
province of Punjab, Pakistan
• Located near the Pothohar Plateau
• stretches for a length of approximately 190 miles (306 km)
with a maximum breadth of 70 miles (113 km).
• It is bound by the piedmont of the northern Salt Range, the
Indus River flood plains in the west and the Jhelum and Chenab
River floodplains in the east.
• Agriculture and livestock rearing form the main sources of
livelihood for the population, who live in small scattered
settlements throughout the desert
CHOLISTAN DESERT
CHOLISTAN DESERTS
• The Cholistan Desert), also locally known as Rohi
•Is a desert in the southern part of Punjab, Pakistan
•It is one of two large deserts in Punjab, the other being the Thal
Desert
• The name is derived from the Turkic word chol, meaning
"sands,"[1] and istan, a Persian suffix meaning "land of.“
•In ancient times, Cholistan was a fertile region with a large river
fed by meltwater from the Himalayas,
KHARAN DESERT
KHARAN DESERTS
• The Kharan Desert is a sandy and mountainous desert situated in
Balochistan province in south-western Pakistan.
• This desert was the site of Pakistan's second nuclear test, Chagai-II,
which was carried out on 30 May 1998.
• The land is not fit for agriculture due to low irrigation.
• The occupation is mainly agriculture and farming.
• The terrain is mainly dry, gray-brown sand that stretches out.
• Alexander the Great travelled through this region.
• He had entered the Indus Valley from the historic Khyber Pass and after
defeating king Porus, in the fourth century BC,
• he made his way back to Babylonia and passed through the Kharan
desert (It was known as Gedrosia at that time),

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