Crossword-Solution: BURAN 5 letters, 17 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

The extremely low temperatures are most trying when the steppes are swept by icy storm winds (_buran_, _purga_), carrying loose snow, and often resulting in loss of life.

Cold waves and warm waves are common, and blizzards resemble the buran or purga of Russia and Siberia.

Turning to the Lob-Nor Lake (Kara Koshun), which the travellers reached in the early days of February, it should be observed that the Tarim discharges itself first into a smaller lake (from thirty to thirty-five versts in length, and between ten and twelve versts in breadth) called Kara Buran (_i.e._ black storms) into which the Cherchendaria flows as well.

The following are the principal Musalman saints who have been deified in the Kolhapur District:-- (1) Bába Jamál, (2) Ghod Pir, (3) Bara Imám, (4) Avachit Pir, (5) Buran Sáheb and (5) Mira Sáheb of Miraj.

This lake, consisting of two sheets of water, the Kara-buran and Kara-kurchin (or Chon-kul), lies on the edge of the desert, in an uninhabited region, and surrounded by great swamps, which extend also northwest along the Tarim to its junction with the Kaidu.