Question
Answer the following about the most densely populated desert in the world, the Thar, for 10 points each.
[10m] The Thar is called the Cholostan Desert in the westernmost of two provinces that share this name. Lahore and Chandigarh and the capitals of two states with this name.
ANSWER: Punjab
[10e] The Thar is bounded to the northwest by this river that straddles the border of India and Pakistan and empties into the Arabian Sea near Karachi.
ANSWER: Indus River [or Sindhu River]
[10h] Sandstone from the Thar was used to construct palaces like the Hawa Mahal in this city. India’s “Golden Triangle” of tourism includes Delhi, Agra, and this “Pink City” home to the Amber Fort.
ANSWER: Jaipur
<Yingzhi Nyang, Geography - World> ~20701~ <Editor: Ganon Evans>
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 8 | 22.50 | 88% | 88% | 50% |
Data
| Barrington A | Dallas County | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Canyon Crest | Detroit Catholic Central A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Carbondale | New Brighton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter A | St. Mark's | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Kinkaid | Johns Creek A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Solon | Maggie Walker A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Troy | Winston Churchill A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Detroit Country Day | Woodland | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |