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The eastern part of Dasht-e Lut is a low plateau covered with salt flats with lowest elevations around 110 m above sea level (30.398609 N, 58.493041 E). In contrast, the center has been sculpted by the wind into a series of parallel ridges and furrows, extending over 150 km (93 mi) and reaching 75 metres (246 ft) in height. [ 11 ]
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).
Satellite measurements of ground temperature taken between 2003 and 2009, taken with the MODIS infrared spectroradiometer on the Aqua satellite, found a maximum temperature of 70.7 °C (159.3 °F), which was recorded in 2005 in the Lut Desert, Iran. The Lut Desert was also found to have the highest maximum temperature in 5 of the 7 years ...
And this is at 54 N latitude, with a fairly weak sun angle. Now look at Shreveport, LA. The NASA map shows a temperature of maybe 40 C (104 F); though it's hard to tell the exact temperature, it is clearly a darker color than the are to the west of Lake Winnipegosis. On August 22, 2005, the AIR temperature reached a maximum of 40 C (104 F). I ...
English: The Dasht-e Lut is a large salt desert located in the provinces of Kerman, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran. It is characterized by wind-shaped ridges and furrows (Persian: kalout) reaching 75m in height.
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 .
Peaks include Kuh-e-Kargiz (3,890 m) and Shir Kuh (4,075 m) in the Central Iranian Range, and the volcanic peaks Bazman (3,489m) and Taftan (4,042 m) in the southeast. [2] At lower elevations the region transitions into the Central Persian desert basins ecoregion, which includes the Dasht-e Lut desert basin between the Central Iranian Range and ...
Dasht-e Lut, i.e. the Lut Desert, a desert in southeastern Iran; Other uses. Lot in Islam, also spelled Lut, a prophet of God in the Quran;