Thar Desert

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arid region desert geographical region

The Thar Desert is a vast arid region in northwestern India and eastern Pakistan, known for its sand dunes, extreme climate, and sparse vegetation.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Thar Desert region 3
Great Indian Desert 1
Thar Desert from more humid regions to the east 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arid region ⓘ
desert ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Thar Desert ⓘ
surface form: Great Indian Desert
borders Aravalli Range ⓘ
Indus Valley ⓘ
surface form: Indus River plain

Rann of Kutch ⓘ
crossedBy Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
hasClimate arid climate ⓘ
extreme temperature variation ⓘ
hasEcosystemType desert ecosystem ⓘ
hasFeature rocky outcrops ⓘ
sand dunes ⓘ
sandy plains ⓘ
hasHumanPopulationDensity relatively high for a desert ⓘ
hasMajorCityNearby Bikaner ⓘ
Jaisalmer ⓘ
Jodhpur ⓘ
hasPrecipitationPattern highly variable monsoon rains ⓘ
low annual rainfall ⓘ
hasSoilType sandy soil ⓘ
hasTemperatureCharacteristic cool to cold winters ⓘ
very hot summers ⓘ
hasTourismActivity camel safaris ⓘ
desert festivals ⓘ
hasTourismType desert tourism ⓘ
hasVegetation sparse vegetation ⓘ
xerophytic plants ⓘ
hasWildlife Indian gazelle ⓘ
desert fox ⓘ
great Indian bustard ⓘ
knownFor extreme climate ⓘ
sand dunes ⓘ
sparse vegetation ⓘ
locatedIn India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern Pakistan ⓘ
northwestern India ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
partlyIn Gujarat ⓘ
Haryana ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Punjab, India

Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Punjab, Pakistan

Rajasthan ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ
partOf South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
supportsActivity pastoralism ⓘ
rain-fed agriculture in some areas ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thar Desert → alsoKnownAs → Thar Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Indian Desert
Indo-Gangetic Plain → borderedBy → Thar Desert ⓘ
Afro-Eurasian desert belt → contains → Thar Desert ⓘ
Rajasthan → containsDesert → Thar Desert ⓘ
India → containsRegion → Thar Desert ⓘ
Western India → hasDesert → Thar Desert ⓘ
northern India → hasDesertRegion → Thar Desert ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
Desert Festival, Jaisalmer → heldIn → Thar Desert ⓘ
Bikaner → locatedIn → Thar Desert ⓘ
Jodhpur → locatedIn → Thar Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thar Desert region
Marwar → locatedIn → Thar Desert ⓘ
Pushkar Fair → locatedIn → Thar Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thar Desert region
Thar and Parkar District → locatedIn → Thar Desert ⓘ
Jaisalmer → locatedInRegion → Thar Desert ⓘ
Kalbeliya → originCommunityLocation → Thar Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thar Desert region of Rajasthan
Rann of Kutch → partOf → Thar Desert ⓘ
Thar and Parkar District → region → Thar Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thar Desert region
Umarkot → region → Thar Desert ⓘ
Aravalli Range → separates → Thar Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thar Desert from more humid regions to the east