Thar coalfield The area is accessible by a 410-kilometre metalled road from Karachi to Islamkot via Hyderabad-Mirpur Khas-Naukot and Thatta-Badin-Mithi-Islamkot. A road network connecting all the major towns with Thar Coalfield have been developed. The rail link from Hyderabad is up to Naukot, which is about 100 kilometres from Islamkot. Thar coalfield is a part of the Thar Desert of Pakistan, the ninth-largest desert in the world. It is bounded in the north, east and south by India, in the west by flood plains of the Indus River. The terrain is sandy and rough with sand dunes forming the topography. The relief
Indus Valley Desert Indian wolf, striped hyena, caracal, Indian leopard and the urial ("Ovis orientalis punjabensis") along with many rodents and other mammals. Meanwhile, the 190 species of bird in the desert include the red-necked falcon. Like the nearby Thar Desert the Indus Valley desert has little farming or grazing due to its hard climate and therefore the natural habitats are almost intact. However hunting still goes on and is a threat to caracals, wolves and other mammals. Indus Valley Desert The Indus Valley Desert is an almost uninhabited desert ecoregion of northern Pakistan. The Indus Valley desert covers an area of in