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    The document summarizes several deserts found in Pakistan, including the Thar Desert located in southeastern Sindh province and adjoining areas of India, the Cholistan Desert located in Punjab province along the dried bed of the Hakra River, and the Thal Desert situated between the Jhelum and Sindh rivers in Punjab. It also mentions the Indus Valley Desert in northern Punjab and the Kharan Desert in Balochistan, where Pakistan conducted nuclear tests in 1998.

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    THE DESERTS OF PAKISTAN

    Thar (Sindh)

    The Thar Desert (Hindi: also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a large, arid region in the
    northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. With an area of more than 200,000 sq. km.,
    (140,000 sq. mi.) it is world's seventeenth largest desert. It lies mostly in the Indian state of
    Rajasthan, and extends into the southern portion of Haryana and Punjab states and into
    northern Gujarat state. In Pakistan, the desert covers eastern Sind province and the
    southeastern portion of Pakistan's Punjab province. The Cholistan Desert adjoins the Thar
    Desert spreading into Pakistani Punjab province.

    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. Its boundary to the large
    thorny steppe to the north is ill-defined. Depending on what areas are included or excluded, the
    nominal size of the Thar can vary significantly.

    Cholistan (Punjab)

    The word Cholistan is derived from the Turkish word Chol, which means Desert. Cholistan thus
    means Land of the Desert. The people of Cholistan lead a semi-nomadic life, moving from one
    place to another in search of water and fodder for their animals. The dry bed of the Hakra River
    runs through the area, along which many settlements of the Indus Valley Civilisation have been
    found.

    Thal (Punjab)

    The Thal desert is situated in Punjab, Pakistan. It is vast area mainly between the Jhelum and
    Sindh rivers near the Pothohar Plateau. Its total length from north to south is 190 miles, and its
    maximum breadth is 70 miles while minimum breadth is 20 miles. This region is divided into the
    districts of Bhakkar, Khushab, Mianwali, Jhang, Layyah, and Muzaffargarh. Its part in Jhang is on
    the left bank bank of the river Jehlum. Geographically, it resembles the deserts of Cholistan and
    Thar.main town of Thal are Mankera, Hayderabad Thal, Dullewala, Piplan, Kundiyan, Koat
    Aazam, Sarauy Muhajir, Mehmood Shaheed Thal, Rang Pur, Jandan Wala, Mari Shah
    Sakhira,Noor Pur Thal, and Muzafar Garh. Very deprived area from all prospectives. Educational
    facilities are as low as one can expect. Villages having population of 10 thousands people are
    more are striving for high schools. Situation becomes more worse in case of female education.

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    Indus Valley Desert (Punjab)

    The Indus Valley Desert is a desert ecoregion of northern Pakistan. The Indus Valley desert
    covers an area of 19,500 square kilometers (7,500 square miles) in northwestern Punjab
    Province, lying between the Chenab and Indus rivers. The Indus Valley Desert is drier and less
    hospitable than the Northwestern thorn scrub forests that surround it.

    Kharan Desert (Balochistan)

    Kharan Desert) is a desert located in Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Pakistan's second
    nuclear test were performed in the Kharan desert in 1998 May 30 of a miniaturised device
    yielding 60 percent of the Ras Koh Hills tests.

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