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Thar desert opportunities and challenges (OPPORTUNITIES (electricity…
Thar desert opportunities and challenges
OPPORTUNITIES
electricity
solar
sun exposure
used for desalination
wind
open spaces
tourism
national park
120 species
camel tours
space for farming
comercial
for sale
wheat
cotton
subsistence
for family
mining
minerals
construction
limestone
marble
cement and fertilisers
feldspar
phosepherite
gypsum
kaolin
CHALLENGES
dry
hard to find water to drink
120-240mm per year
solution=irrigation
danger=waterlogging -->evaporation -->salt deposits -->poor yields
extreme temperatures
50°
too hot to work
lack of access
remote
200,000 km²
poor infrastructure
inaccessible
poor
accessible
honeypot site
rich
harder to
live
farm
manufacture
India and Pakistan
most populated
growing
30 million
densest population
83 people per km2