Little Rann Sanctuary
Location: Situated in the region of the Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, the sanctuary is around 150 km off Ahmedabad.
The sanctuary is a transitional area between marine and terrestrial ecosystem. During monsoon Rann gets flooded for more than one month. The landscape has about 74 elevated plateaus or islands locally called bets. The largest plateau called Pung Bet, which has an area of 30.5 square kilometer. Mardak is the highest island lies at 55m. The vast cover of saline landscape has amazingly no vegetation, except on the fringes and bets. The vegetation is mainly xerophytic and that activated during the monsoon months. The islands have incredible floral varieties including 253 species of flowers.
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