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• Critical thinking
• Information literacy
21st CENTURY SKILLS
• Environmental literacy

Competencies
4 India—The Western Desert
C-1.1, C-4.2, C-5.3

Warm Up

Name this famous ruler of Rajasthan.

The word ‘desert’ reminds us about vast areas under loose sand and very
hot and dry climate. In India, deserts are found towards the west of the

Aravalli range. This region is called the Great Indian Desert or the Thar
Desert. It is located towards the west of the Northern Plains of India.

A large part of the Great Indian Desert
is in Rajasthan and the remaining part

of it is in Gujarat. The Western Desert
is surrounded by the Satluj river in the

north-west, the Aravalli range in the
east, the Indus Valley in the west and

the Rann of Kachchh in the south.

The eastern part of the desert is rocky,

while the western part is covered with
loose sand. There are low hills of sand

called the sand dunes. The strong winds The Thar Desert
which blow in Rajasthan can move the

sand dunes several hundred metres away.

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