Indus Valley desert

The Indus Valley Desert is an almost uninhabited desert ecoregion of northern Pakistan. Location and description The Indus Valley desert covers an area of in northwestern Punjab Province between the Chenab and Indus rivers. The Indus Valley Desert is drier and less hospitable than the northwestern thorn scrub forests that surround it with temperatures ranging from freezing in winter to extremely hot (more than ) in summer with only of rainfall per year. Biodiversity Flora The desert vegetation is quite varied due to the variety of temperatures with Khejri shrubs being the characteristic species.