Flora and Fauna
In line with the absurd conditions, the fauna of bone-dry places is altered. The gradual loss of grassland and forest cover has also brought another dimension to the struggle for endurance. The panther, the Asiatic wild cat, the chinkara, the chousingha, the blackbuck, the Bengal desert fox, and other reptiles make up the majority of the natural life.
29 of the 68 species are listed in the Indian Wildlife Protection Act and call for varying degrees of assurance. Deer, rodents, rabbits, and reptiles are common food sources for desert cats. The resilient grasses and spiky plants provide food for chinkara as well as the local populations of domesticated animals. The Thar area is home to more than 141 different species of resident and transitory birds. The critically endangered remarkable Indian bustard, which was once spread throughout 11 Indian states and even Pakistan, is currently confined to the Thar’s prairie patches, where there were less than 500 individuals at the time of the latest count in 2016. It is still being followed by the feeble MacQueen’s bustard and the perplexing smaller florican.
Thar Desert
The great Indian desert or commonly known as the Thar Desert is an arid deserted region present in the northwestern part of India. It spans an area of 200,00 square kilometers. Its position of it allows the desert to act as a natural border between India and Pakistan. It is the 9 largest subtropical desert.
More than 80 percent of the Thar desert is in India and the remaining is present in Pakistan. This desert region is around 5 percent of the total geographical area of India. Almost 60 percent of this desert is present in Rajasthan and the remaining area is shared among Gujarat, Punjab, and Haryana.