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It is the world's 18th-largest desert and the world's 9th-largest hot subtropical desert.

About Thar Desert

15% located in Pakistan

85% located in India

Also called Friendly Desert

Located near Badin, Sindh 

Famous for: Sand 

Coal also found in Thar 

also known as Great Indian Desert

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Deserts form mainly due to very low or no rainfall over long periods.

This leads to dry, arid conditions with sparse vegetation.

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The Great Sandy Desert is located in Australia.

It specifically in the northwest part of the country.

It covering around 284,000 square kilometers.

It is the second largest desert in the entire continent.

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The Gibson Desert is located in Western Australia.

It covers an area of about 156,000 square kilometers.

Named after Alfred Gibson, an explorer who disappeared in the area during an expedition in 1874.

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Deserts have extremely limited water resources due to low rainfall and high evaporation rates.

Water scarcity makes survival and agriculture very difficult in desert regions.

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The Gobi Desert is also known as Cold Desert.

The Gobi Desert is a vast, arid region in northern China and southern Mongolia.

Area of the Gobi Desert: 1.295 million km²

Elevation of the Gobi Desert: 1,580 m

Length of the Gobi Desert: 1,500 km (930 mi)

Region of the Gobi Desert: Inner Mongolia

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 Camel is known as Ship of the Desert. 

Camel is the only animal found in desert for transport. 

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The Sahara is the largest desert in the world and occupies approximately 10 percent of the African Continent.

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The Atacama Desert in Chile is known as the driest place on Earth

The Atacama Desert is the only hot true desert 

The Atacama Desert is the largest fog desert in the world.

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Timbuktu is an ancient city in Mali.

It is located near the Sahara Desert.

It is historically significant as a center of learning and trade during the 14th to 16th centuries.