Question

Describe the location and extent of the Thar Desert in India.

Answer 1

Hint: Thar Desert which is also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a dry area on the Indian subcontinent with rolling sand hills.
Located in the state of Rajasthan, northwestern India, and partly in Punjab and Sindh (Sind) provinces, eastern Pakistan.
Around 77,000 square miles (200,000 square km) of area is occupied by the Thar Desert.

Complete answer:
Thar Desert is the 17th biggest desert in the world and the 9th largest subtropical desert in the world. This forms a natural border between Pakistan and India. The land in India occupies roughly 170,000 km2 (66,000 sq. mi) and the rest of the desert within Pakistan is 30,000 km2 (12,000 sq. mi). In the Indian state of Rajasthan, 60% of the desert is situated, and the states of Gujarat, Punjab, and Haryana and the Pakistani province of Sindhana are extended into other states. The population density of the desert is 83 inhabitants per square kilometer. About 40 percent of the total population lies in the desert. Agriculture and tourism are the main occupations. The key livestock population consists of calves, buffalo, sheep, goats, camels and oxen. Rajasthan's Thar region is the largest wool production area in India. The desert consists of a very dry portion in the western Marusthali region, and the eastern semi-desert region with less sand dunes and marginally more rainfall.

Note: Jaisalmer is often referred to as the Golden City, the driest location in India with various cultural and moral ethics in the beautiful state of Rajasthan.
In both summer and winter, temperatures hit their highest. In summer, the mean temperature is 49ºC and the minimum is25ºC. The mean temperature in winter is 23ºC and the minimum temperature is 5ºC.
The highest temperature recorded is 50ºC with the average rainfall is 210 mm.