Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary

E183883
protected area wildlife sanctuary

Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Gujarat, India, known for its vast salt marshes, seasonal wetlands, and rich birdlife including large flocks of flamingos.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary canonical 2
Banni grasslands 1
Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf protected area ⓘ
wildlife sanctuary ⓘ
biodiversityImportance important habitat for breeding flamingos ⓘ
important stopover for migratory birds ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
countrySubdivision Gujarat ⓘ
surface form: state of Gujarat
ecosystemType arid ecosystem ⓘ
coastal ecosystem ⓘ
governingBody Gujarat Forest Department ⓘ
surface form: Forest Department of Gujarat
habitat coastal desert ⓘ
mudflat ⓘ
salt marsh ⓘ
seasonal wetland ⓘ
hasFeature marshy land ⓘ
saline flats ⓘ
salt pans ⓘ
shallow seasonal lakes ⓘ
iucnCategory IV ⓘ
jurisdiction Government of Gujarat ⓘ
knownFor large flocks of flamingos ⓘ
rich birdlife ⓘ
seasonal wetlands ⓘ
vast salt marshes ⓘ
locatedIn Rann of Kutch ⓘ
surface form: Great Rann of Kutch

Gujarat ⓘ
Kutch ⓘ
surface form: Kutch district

northwestern Gujarat ⓘ
near India–Pakistan border ⓘ
notableFaunaGroup migratory waterbirds ⓘ
shorebirds ⓘ
waders ⓘ
notableSpecies Greater flamingo ⓘ
lesser flamingo ⓘ
surface form: Lesser flamingo
partOf Rann of Kutch ⓘ
surface form: Rann of Kutch ecosystem
primaryBiome desert ⓘ
wetland ⓘ
protectedAreaCategory Wildlife Sanctuary (India) ⓘ
protectedFor conservation of desert and saline habitats ⓘ
conservation of wetland birds ⓘ
region Western India ⓘ
seasonalCharacteristic extensive salt crust formation in dry season ⓘ
large areas inundated during monsoon ⓘ
state Gujarat ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rann of Kutch → hasProtectedArea → Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary ⓘ
Kutch → hasProtectedArea → Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary ⓘ
Kutch → hasProtectedArea → Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary
Kutch → hasCulturalRegion → Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Banni grasslands