Thar Desert

• Thar desert is in north west India
• Tourism

  • In February there is winter festival called Rajistan
  • Less tourists come in summer so income is halved
  • Tourists can hire camels and guiders
• Solar Power

  • 250 km$^2$ of solar panels
  • Solar panels need to be repaired every 40 years
• Mining

  • Gypsum mining to sell to construction companies
  • Destroys habitats
  • It can reach 50$\degree$ so it is unsafe for workers
• Farming

  • The Indira Gandhi canal has enabled the irrigation of 3500km$^2$ of land for the commercial production of wheat, cotton and maize
• Water supply

  • Precipitation levels are in the Thar Desert are very low, between 120-240mm, so evaporation rates are high
• Inaccessibility

  • The Thar desert covers 200,000km$^2$so it has a limited road network
• Extreme temperatures

  • Temperatures can exceed 50 °C in the Thar Desert which makes it very challenging to for people, such as farmers, to work outside