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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Great Rann of Kutch

World's largest seasonal salt marsh; a landscape that transforms between seasons

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ 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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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Indian Geography

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India

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1819

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World's largest seasonal salt marsh; a landscape that transforms between seasons