Gurun Thar

Gurun Thar (bahasa Rajasthani: थार मरुधर, bahasa Hindi: थार मरुस्थल, bahasa Sindhi: ٿر ريگستان, bahasa Urdu: ), juga dikenali sebagai Gurun India Besar atau Marusthali (Tanah kematian), ialah sebuah kawasan gersang yang besar di bahagian barat laut subbenua India yang membentuk sempadan semula jadi antara India dan Pakistan. Ia merupakan gurun ke-17 terbesar di dunia, dan benua subtropika ke-9 terbesar dunia.Singhvi, A. K. and Kar, A. (1992). Thar Desert in Rajasthan: Land, Man & Environment. Geological Society of India, Bangalore.
About 85% of the Thar Desert is in India, and the remaining part in Pakistan.Sinha, R. K., Bhatia, S., & Vishnoi, R. (1996). Desertification control and rangeland management in the Thar desert of India. RALA Report No. 200: 115–123. Di India, ia meliputi kira-kira , di mana 60% di Rajasthan dan meluas ke Gujarat, Punjab, dan Haryana.Sharma, K. K. and S. P. Mehra (2009). The Thar of Rajasthan (India): Ecology and Conservation of a Desert Ecosystem. Chapter 1 in: Sivaperuman, C., Baqri, Q. H., Ramaswamy, G., & Naseema, M. (eds.) Faunal ecology and conservation of the Great Indian Desert. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg.

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Pautan luar



 Dharssi.org.uk, Photos of the Thar desert
 Avgustin.net , Photos of the Thar desert in Pakistan side
 MIT.gov, आपणो राजस्थान

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