Kar Bharaz

The Kar Bharaz is one of the arid endorheic basins, or kars, of the Kesh Karkhan. It is situated in southwestern Shiankar, bounded by the Horns of Hyuron to the south, the Mountains of Thundering Flame to the north, and the Sawtooth Mountains to the west. Much of its low-lying central portion is covered by shimmering salt flats, which provide a valuable trade commodity to the local Daare Karsha (and to the kingdom of Cetesh, whose northern border extends to the southern rim of the Kar Bharaz).
Etymology: “Bharaz" is a word for snow or frost in archaic Tuvai; this name is a reference to the white color of the basin's salt flats rather than to actual snow.