The Thar Desert
- Created by: eve_hooper
- Created on: 15-05-17 10:55
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- Economic opportunities
- Subsistence farming
- Most people living in the desert are involved in farming
- People keep a few animals and grow crops on small grassy areas
- Hunter gathers- Kohlis tribe. Rare & basic
- Most people living in the desert are involved in farming
- Irrigation
- Indira Gandhi Canal
- Built in 1958, 650km long
- Benefits Jodhpur and Jaisalmer where 3,500km2 is irrigated
- Provides drinking water for many people
- Built in 1958, 650km long
- Commercial Farming
- Wheat and cotton growth flourishes
- Indira Gandhi Canal
- Mining & Industry
- State of Rajasthan is rich in minerals
- Gypsum (plaster & cement), feldspar (ceramics), phosphate (fertiliser) and kaolin (paper whitener)
- Valuable reserves of stone
- Limestone and marble
- Hide and wool from livestock
- Tourism
- Popular due to beautiful landscape
- Camel desert safaris
- Locals benefit by acting as tour guides
- Subsistence farming
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