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Thar Desert - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Gypsum (plaster and cement)
      - feldspar (ceramics)
      - phospherite (fertiliser)
      - kaolin (whitener in paper)
  - - - Lignite coal deposits, thermal energy plant at Giral
    - - Large oil field in the Barmer district, could transform the local economy.
    - - Jaisalmer Wind park, made in 2001, India's largest wind farm
    - - Sunny, cloudless skies - ideal conditions, Bhaleri - solar power is used in water treatment
  - - - Indira Ghandi Canal in 1958
      - Revolutionised farming
      - Crops e.g. wheat and cotton thrive in a once desert area.
- - - - Ponds, some natural
      - A few rivers e.g. River Luni (these are intermittent, only flow after rainfall)
      - Underground sources (aquifers) using wells, not good quality water, salty
      - Indira Ghandi Canal
        
        Source of fresh water
        
        Drinking water
        
        650km
        
        Jodhpur and Jaisalmer both benefit greatly