Trekking inside the arid desert is tough
Dhordo gets partly inundated by about 2 feet of water in the monsoon months (July-September). Once below sea level, this area was raised by earth movements which cut it off from the Gulf of Kutch, and was broken up by later earth movements into the flat saline areas (where people can be seen making salt), and higher grounds with sandy, salt-free soil. The wild camel depends on the soft grass and thorny scrub of the higher ground area for its feed. The other wildlife to be found in Kutch, include blue bulls, antelopes, wolves, bustards, blackbucks, hyenas, desert foxes, jackals, desert cats, and caracals.
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