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Saurashtra peninsula is bound on the south and south-west by the Arabian Sea, on the north-west by the Gulf of Kutch and on the east by the Gulf of Khambhat.From the apex of these two gulfs, the Little Rann of Kutch and Khambhat, waste tracts half salt morass half sandy desert, stretch inland towards each other and complete the isolation of Kathiawar, except one narrow neck which connects it ...
Kathiawar ([kɑʈʰijɑʋɑɽ]) is a peninsula, near the far north of India's west coast, of about 61,000 km 2 (23,500 sq mi) bordering the Arabian Sea.It is bounded by the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest and by the Gulf of Khambhat in the east.
The Kathiawar region (also called as Saurashtra), extends from the Gulf of Kutch in the north to the Gulf of Khambhat in the south in Gujarat. The northeast of the peninsular consists of a large sandstone formation extending for 60,000 km 2 (23,000 sq mi). The vegetation of this section is dry, with thorn forests.
For a detailed map of all disputed regions in South Asia, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg Internal borders The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified.
Saurashtra, Sourashtra, or variants may refer to: Saurashtra (region), also known as Sorath, a region of Gujarat, India Kathiawar, also called Saurashtra Peninsula, a peninsula in western India; Saurashtra (state), alias United State of Kathiawar, a former Indian state, merged into Bombay State and since its dissolution part of present Gujarat
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Saurashtra State, formally known as United State of Kathiawar and later United State of Saurashtra, was a State of India that existed between 1948 and 1956, [1] on Saurashtra alias Kathiawar peninsula, with Rajkot as its capital, [2]
The Gulf of Kutch is located between the peninsula regions of Kutch and Saurashtra, bounded in the state of Gujarat that borders Pakistan. It opens towards the Arabian Sea facing the Gulf of Oman. It is about 50 km wide at the entrance before narrowing into marshland, creeks and inlets. [1]