Main Deserts of Pakistan

Pakistan’s four major deserts:

1. Thar Desert (Sindh/Punjab) – 200,000 km²; largest, dunes, scrub, endangered blackbuck & houbara.
2. Cholistan Desert (Punjab) – 16,000 km²; dunes, salt flats, Derawar Fort, Jeep Rally.
3. Maran Desert (Balochistan) – 10,000 km²; dunes, rocky outcrops, Iranian gazelle, marbled polecat.
4. Kharan Desert (Balochistan) – 5,000 km²; dunes, salt flats, Hingol National Park.

All are sparsely populated due to aridity.