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Thar Desert: khajri tree — Thar Desert: *khajri* tree
*Khajri* (*khejri*) tree (*Prosopis cineraria*) at Harsawa in the Thar Desert, Rajasthan state, India.

Thar Desert, or Great Indian Desert, Region of hot, dry desert, northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan. Its undulating surface is composed of sand dunes separated by sandy plains and low, barren hills. Several saline lakes are found there. Covering some 77,000 sq mi (200,000 sq km), it is bordered by the Indus River plain, the Aravalli Range, and the Punjab plain.

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