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===Thar Desert===
[[File:Thar desert Rajasthan India.jpg|thumb|left|Thar desert, [[राजस्थान]]]]
{{Main article|Thar Desert}}
The Thar Desert (also known as ''the deserts'') is by some calculations the world's seventh largest desert, by some others the tenth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geology.com/records/largest-desert.shtml|title=The World's Largest Desert|publisher=geology.com|accessdate=14 May 2011}}</ref> It forms a significant portion of western India and covers an area of {{convert|200000|to|238700|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/590028/Thar-Desert|title=Thar Desert|publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|accessdate=14 May 2011}}</ref> The desert continues into Pakistan as the [[Cholistan Desert]]. Most of the Thar Desert is situated in [[राजस्थान]], covering 61% of its geographic area.

About 10 percent of this region comprises sand dunes, and the remaining 90 percent consist of craggy rock forms, compacted salt-lake bottoms, and interdunal and fixed dune areas. Annual temperatures can range from {{convert|0|C}} in the winter to over {{convert|50|C}} during the summer. Most of the rainfall received in this region is associated with the short July–September southwest monsoon that brings {{convert|100|to|500|mm|abbr=on}} of precipitation. Water is scarce and occurs at great depths, ranging from {{convert|30|to|120|m}} below the ground level.<ref name="KAUL">{{cite book|title=Afforestation in Arid zones|author=Kaul, R.N.|publisher=N.V. Publishers, [[The Hague]]|year=1970}}</ref> Rainfall is precarious and erratic, ranging from below {{convert|120|mm|in|abbr=on}} in the extreme west to {{convert|375|mm|in|abbr=on}} eastward.The only river in this region is Luni. The soils of the arid region are generally sandy to sandy-loam in texture. The consistency and depth vary as per the topographical features. The low-lying loams are heavier may have a hard pan of clay, [[calcium carbonate]] or [[gypsum]].

In western India, the Kutch region in Gujarat and Koyna in Maharashtra are classified as a Zone IV region (high risk) for earthquakes. The Kutch city of [[Bhuj]] was the [[epicentre]] of the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]], which claimed the lives of more than 1,337 people and injured 166,836 while destroying or damaging near a million homes.<ref name="USGS">{{cite web
 |title=Preliminary Earthquake Report 
 |publisher=USGS Earthquake Hazards Program 
 |url=http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2001/eq_010126/ 
 |accessdate=21 November 2007 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120094220/http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2001/eq_010126/ 
 |archivedate=20 November 2007 
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}}</ref> The [[1993 Latur earthquake]] in Maharashtra killed 7,928 people and injured 30,000.<ref name=IIRS>{{cite journal | title = Earthquake Risk Assessment of Buildings: Applicability of HAZUS in Dehradun, India |url = http://www.iirs-nrsa.gov.in/pdf/brijesh_thesis2005.pdf | author= Brijesh Gulati |date=January 2006 | publisher=Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, National Remote Sensing Agency|format= PDF | accessdate = 19 November 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080528065451/http://www.iirs-nrsa.gov.in/pdf/brijesh_thesis2005.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 28 May 2008}}</ref> Other areas have a moderate to low risk of an earthquake occurring.<ref>{{cite book | title = Manorama Yearbook 2006 (India – The Country)|page = 519}}</ref>