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Dasht-e Kavir (Persian: دشت كوير, lit. 'Low Plains' in classical Persian, from khwar (low), and dasht (plain, flatland)) or the Kavir Desert , also known as Kavir-e Namak or the Great Salt Desert , is a large desert lying in the middle of the Iranian Plateau .
Kavir National Park is a national park in northern Iran with an area of 4,000 km 2 (1,500 sq mi)located on the western end of the Dasht-e Kavir desert. It encompasses desert and steppe landscapes harbouring native goats (Capra aegagrus), sheep (Ovis orientalis), [2] striped hyenas, Indian wolves, gazelles, Asiatic cheetah and the Persian leopard.
Kavir Buzurg, meaning Great Kavir (great salt marsh), is a substantial stretch of salt marshes in the center of the Dasht-e Kavir, which is a desert in the middle of the Iranian plateau. The Kavir Buzurg covers an area of about 320 km (200 mi) by 160 km (99 mi). It is separated from the neighboring kavirs by a surrounding ring of sandy hills. [1]
Yazd Province with the area of 129,285 km 2 (49,917 sq mi) [12] is situated in an oasis where the Dasht-e Kavir desert and the Dasht-e Lut desert meet. The city itself is sometimes called "the bride of the Kavir" because of its location, in a valley between Shir Kuh , the tallest mountain in the region at 4,075 m (13,369 ft) above sea level ...
Semnan province (Persian: استان سمنان) [a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the north of the country. Its capital is the city of Semnan. [5]The province of Semnan covers an area of 96,816 square kilometers and stretches along the Alborz mountain range, bordering on Kavir desert in its southern parts.
In the north of the basin is the large Dasht-e Kavir (a salt desert), in the east and south is the Dasht-e Lut (a sand and gravel desert), and there are portions of the plateau covered in large sand dunes. The average elevation is 900 metres (3,000 ft). [1]
The Lut Desert, widely referred to as Dasht-e Lut (Persian: دشت لوت, "Emptiness Plain"), is a salt desert located in the provinces of Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan, Iran. It is the world's 33rd-largest desert , and was included in UNESCO 's World Heritage List on July 17, 2016. [ 2 ]
The average elevation of this plateau is about 900 metres (2,953 ft), but several of the mountains that tower over the plateau exceed 3,000 metres (9,843 ft). The eastern part of the plateau is covered by two salt deserts, the Dasht-e Kavir (Great Salt Desert) and the Dasht-e Lut. Except for some scattered oases, these deserts are uninhabited.