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🌵 Deserts
🇮🇳 Thar Desert
South Asia's great desert; world's most densely populated desert
India/Pakistan 1887 Deserts
🌵 Key Facts
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200,000 km² — extends across Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Sindh (Pakistan)
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World's most densely populated desert — home to 83 people per km²
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Indira Gandhi Canal (1958) brings water 650 km from the Himalayan rivers to irrigate the desert
Despite being a desert, it's the world's most densely populated — 83 people per km²
Quick Reference
Category
🌵 Deserts
Country / Region
🇮🇳 India/Pakistan
Key Year
1887
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South Asia's great desert; world's most densely populated desert