Cholistan

desert, Pakistan

Also known as: Nāra, Registān, Rohi

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In Bahawalpur
Farther east the Rohi, or Cholistan, is a barren desert tract, bounded on the north and west by the Hakra depression with mound ruins of old settlements along its high banks; it is still inhabited by nomads. The principal inhabitants of the region surrounding Bahawalpur are Jat and Baloch peoples.…
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In Pakistan: The desert areas
…is variously known as the Cholistan or Rohi Desert in Bahawalpur and the Pat or Thar Desert in Sindh. The surface of the desert is a wild maze of sand dunes and sand ridges. Most of the Sindh Sagar Doab, the most western of the doabs of Punjab, was an…
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