Thar Desert

Rajasthan is a state in the of . It is mainly arid and its western border is adjacent to . The main attractions for travellers are the vast Thar Desert, one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world - the Aravallis - and the Rajput…
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  • Type: Desert
  • Description: large, arid region in India and Pakistan
  • Also known as: “Desert de Thar”, “Désert de Thar”, “Desert du Thar”, “Deserto de Thar”, “deserto del Rajasthan”, “deserto del Thar”, “Deserto thar”, “Desierto Thar”, “Didžioji Indijos dykuma”, “Granda Hinda Dezerto”, “Great Indian Desert”, “Hoang mạc Thar”, “India Desert”, “Indian Desert”, “Rajasthanin autiomaa”, “Rajputana Desert”, “Tar səhrası”, “Tar-Dezerto”, “Tara dezerto”, “Thár”, “Thar-ørkenen”, “Thari kõrb”, “Tharin autiomaa”, “Tharöknen”, “Tharská poušť”, “Thur”, “Velika indijska puščava”, “Wielka Pustynia Indyjska”, “Wüste Tharr”, “Пустыня Тар”, “Тхар”, “Тһар шөлі”, “თარი”, “ინდოეთის დიდი უდაბნო”, “המדבר ההודי הגדול”, “מדבר תר”, “ת’אר”, “بیابان تهار”, “صحراء تهار”, “थार”, “थार रेगिस्तान”, “थारचे वाळवंट”, “থর মরুভুমি”, “ಥಾರ್”, “താർ മരുഭൂമി”, “ഥാർ”, “ทะเลทรายเกรตอินเดียน”, “ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱜᱤᱛᱤᱞ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ”, “ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱜᱤᱛᱤᱞ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ”, “ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱯᱩᱛᱟᱱᱟ ᱜᱤᱛᱤᱞ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ”, “大インド砂漠”, and “拉其普塔纳沙漠”

Thar Desert

Latitude
27° north
Longitude
71° east
Elevation
203 metres (666 feet)
Open location code
7JVH2222+22
Geo­Names ID
1270835
Wiki­data ID
Q172691
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Thar Desert” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shkretëtira Tar”
  • Angika: “थार मरुस्थल”
  • Arabic: “صحراء طهار”
  • Armenian: “Թար անապատ”
  • Assamese: “থৰ মৰুভূমি”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tar”
  • Basque: “Thar basamortua”
  • Belarusian: “Тар”
  • Bengali: “থর মরুভূমি”
  • Bhojpuri: “थार के रेगिस्तान”
  • Bulgarian: “Тар”
  • Catalan: “Thar”
  • Cebuano: “Thar Desert”
  • Central Bikol: “Desyerto kan Thar”
  • Central Kurdish: “بیابانی تار”
  • Chinese: “塔尔沙漠”
  • Chinese: “塔爾沙漠”
  • Croatian: “Thar”
  • Czech: “Thárská poušť”
  • Danish: “Tharørkenen”
  • Dutch: “Tharwoestijn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا طهار”
  • Esperanto: “Dezerto Tar”
  • Estonian: “Thar”
  • Finnish: “Thar”
  • French: “désert du Thar”
  • French: “Désert du Thar”
  • Galician: “Deserto do Thar”
  • Georgian: “თარის უდაბნო”
  • German: “Thar-Wüste”
  • German: “Thar”
  • Greek: “Έρημος Ταρ”
  • Greek: “Ταρ Έρημος”
  • Hebrew: “טהאר”
  • Hindi: “थार मरुस्थल”
  • Hungarian: “Thár-sivatag”
  • Indonesian: “Gurun Thar”
  • Italian: “Deserto del Thar”
  • Italian: “deserto di Thar”
  • Japanese: “タール砂漠”
  • Kannada: “ಥಾರ್ ಮರುಭೂಮಿ”
  • Kazakh: “Тар шөлі”
  • Kazakh: “Тар”
  • Kirghiz: “Тap”
  • Kirghiz: “Тар”
  • Korean: “타르 사막”
  • Latvian: “Tara tuksnesis”
  • Lithuanian: “Taro dykuma”
  • Macedonian: “Тар”
  • Magahi: “थार मरुस्थल”
  • Maithili: “थार मरुभूमि”
  • Malagasy: “Tanimatin’i Thar”
  • Malagasy: “Tanimatin’ny Thar”
  • Malay: “Gurun Thar”
  • Malayalam: “ഥാർ മരുഭൂമി”
  • Marathi: “थरचे वाळवंट”
  • Mazanderani: “تار”
  • Minangkabau: “Gurun Thar”
  • Mingrelian: “თარიშ ტიოზი”
  • Nepali: “थार मरुभूमि”
  • Northern Frisian: “Thar Wüüst”
  • Northern Frisian: “Thar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thar”
  • Norwegian: “Thar”
  • Oriya: “ଥର ମରୁଭୂମି”
  • Panjabi: “ਥਾਰ ਮਾਰੂਥਲ”
  • Persian: “بیابان تار”
  • Polish: “Thar”
  • Portuguese: “Deserto do Thar”
  • Romanian: “Thar”
  • Romanian: “Tharr”
  • Russian: “Тар”
  • Santali: “ᱛᱷᱟᱨ ᱜᱤᱛᱤᱞ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ”
  • Scots: “Thar Desert”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Thar”
  • Serbian: “Тар”
  • Sindhi: “ٿر”
  • Sindhi: “ريگستان ٿر”
  • Slovak: “Thárska púšť”
  • Slovenian: “Tar”
  • Spanish: “Desierto de Thar”
  • Swedish: “Thar”
  • Tagalog: “Disyertong Thar”
  • Tamil: “தார் பாலைவனம்”
  • Tamil: “தார்ப் பாலைவனம்”
  • Telugu: “థార్ ఎడారి”
  • Thai: “ทะเลทรายธาร์”
  • Turkish: “Tar çölü”
  • Turkish: “Tar Çölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Тар”
  • Urdu: “صحرائے تھر”
  • Vietnamese: “Sa mạc Thar”
  • Vietnamese: “Thar”
  • Western Frisian: “Tharwoastyn”
  • Western Panjabi: “صحرائے تھر”
  • Wu Chinese: “塔尔沙漠”
  • “थार के रेगिस्तान”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kalān Ghāt and Hamira.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Thalyat Hamira and Jaisalmer railway station.

Rajasthan: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Jaipur and Jodhpur.

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