Thar Desert
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- Created on: 05-04-18 08:34
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- Thar Desert
- Fact
- NW India into Pakistan. Most densely populated desert
- Sandy, infertile soil, little organic mattter
- Sandy hills, sand dunes, small trees and shrubs
- Opportunities
- Mineral extraction used India and exported
- Gypsum - Construction
- Kaolin - Whitener for paper
- Tourists from Pakistan with desert camel safaris and Desert festival in winter
- Commercial farming due to irrigation= Wheat, cotton, Maize and mustard
- Energy
- Thermal energy plant at Giral with Coal
- Oil fields in Barmer District transformed economy
- Jaisalmer Wind park constructed 2001 largest in India
- Bhaleri solar power is used in water treatment
- Mineral extraction used India and exported
- Challenges
- Extreme temperatures >50c in summer = working hard + animals always in shade
- Water shortage = 100-240mm annual rainfall + strong winds
- Obtained from underground or natural/man made ponds
- Indira Gandhi Canal = in 1958= irrigation and drinking water = Jodhpur
- High temperatures melt the roads and winds cover with sand = Transport is difficult
- Fact
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