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Thar Desert Key Idea 6 (Opportunites for development (Tourism (Local…

- - - - Suffers extremely high temperatures sometimes exceeding 50 degrees Celsius
      - Presents challenges such as...
        
        Plants and animals have to adapt to the extreme climate, so some are nocturnal as it's cool at night
        
        High rates of evaporation lead to water shortages which can affect plants and animals
        
        Working outside in the heat can be hard
    - - Why are there water shortages?
        
        Has become a serious issue because of population growth and farming as well as industrialisation
        
        Low annual rainfall, high temperatures and strong winds, causing high rates of evaporation
        
        Water in this region is a scarce source
      - What are the sources of water?
        
        Several sources of water including...
        
        Underground water reserves also can provide some water, unfortunately it's salty and not very good quality
        
        Few rivers and streams flow through the desert, River Luni s an example of one of the few, feeding a marshy area called the Rann. Many only flow after rainfall, most settlements are found alongside these rivers
        
        Traditionally stored in ponds some of which are natural and some man-made
  - - - Trees, shrubs and grasses
- - - - Gypsum
        
        Making plaster for construction as well as cement
      - Feldspar
        
        Used in making ceramics
      - Kaolin
        
        Used as a whitener in paper
      - Phospherite
        
        Making fertiliser
  - - - Coal
        
        Extensive coal deposits in parts of the Thar Desert, thermal energy plants constructed at Giral
      - Oil
        
        Large oilfield discovered at the Barmer district, may transform local economy
      - Solar
        
        Ideal conditions, Bhaleri solar power used in water treatment
      - Wind
        
        A renewable from of energy, Jailsalmer wind park constructed in 2001, India's largest wind farm
  - - - Most people in the desert survive by grazing small amounts of animals and cultivating small areas of vegetables
    - - Grown in recent decades
      - Made possible by irrigation
      - Construction of the Indira Ghandi Canal in 1958 has revolutionised farming and crops thrive in areas that used to be
        fully desert
      - Crops grown...
        
        Wheat
        
        Cotton
        
        Sesame
        
        Pulses
        
        Maize
        
        Mustard