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The Thar Desert (Hindi: थार मरुस्थल), also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a large, arid region in the northwestern part of the vast Indian subcontinent.

Area[]

With an area of more than 200,000 km2., (140,000 sq. mi.) it is world's seventh largest desert.

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The Thar Desert is bounded on the northwest by the Sutlej River, on the east by the Aravalli Range, on the south by the salt marsh known as the Rann of Kutch (parts of which are sometimes included in the Thar), and on the west by the Indus River.

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