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See also:CUTCH, RUNN OF, or RANN OF KACH , a See also:salt morass on the western See also:coast of See also:India in the native See also:state of See also:Cutch . From May to See also:October it is flooded with salt See also:water and communicates, at its greatest extent, with the Gulf of Cutch on the See also:west and the Gulf of See also:Cambay on the See also:east, these two gulfs being See also:united during the See also:monsoon . It varies in breadth from five to eighty See also:miles across, and during the rains is nearly impassable for horsemen . The See also:total See also:area of this immense morass is estimated at about 8000 sq. m., without including any portion of the Gulf of Cutch, which is in parts so shallow as to resemble a marshy fen rather than an See also:arm of the See also:sea . The Runn is said to be formed by the overflow of the See also:rivers Pharan, Luni, See also:Banas and others, during the monsoon; but in See also:December it is quite dry, and in most places hard, but in some moist and muddy . The See also:soil is impregnated with salt, and the Runn is an important source for the See also:supply of salt . The See also:present See also:condition of the Runn is probably the result of some natural convulsion, but the exact method of its formation is disputed . The See also:wild See also:ass is very See also:common on the See also:borders of this See also:lake, being seen in herds of 6o or 70 together . |
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