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๐ฎ๐ณ Indian Geography
๐ฎ๐ณ Great Rann of Kutch
World's largest seasonal salt marsh; a landscape that transforms between seasons
India 1819 Indian Geography
๐ฎ๐ณ Key Facts
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World's largest salt marsh โ 23,300 kmยฒ in Gujarat on the Pakistan border
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Completely flooded (sea-like) in monsoon; hardens to a white salt crust in winter
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Home to one of the world's largest flamingo breeding grounds and Indian Wild Ass
During monsoon it floods; in winter it becomes a vast white salt desert โ world's largest
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๐ฎ๐ณ Indian Geography
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๐ฎ๐ณ India
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1819
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World's largest seasonal salt marsh; a landscape that transforms between seasons