Dasht-e Kavir

Dasht-e Kavir
Dasht-e Kavir
	Sand dunes in the Rig-e Jenn in the Dasht-e Kavir
	Dasht-e Kavir
Length	800 km (500 mi)
Width	500 km (310 mi)
Area	77,600 km2 (30,000 sq mi)
Naming
Native name	دشت كوير (Persian)
Geography
Country	Iran
Province	Khorasan, Semnan, Tehran, Isfahan, Yazd
Coordinates	34°44′15.2″N 54°49′37.56″E / 34.737556°N 54.8271000°E

Dasht-e Kavir (Persian: دشت كوير, lit. 'Low Plains' in classical Persian, from khwar (low), and dasht (plain, flatland)) or 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. It is about 800 kilometres (500 mi) long by 320 kilometres (200 mi) wide with a total surface area of about 77,600 km² (30,000 sq mi), making it the world's 24th largest desert.^[1] The desert stretches from the Alborz mountain range in the north-west to the Dasht-e Lut in the south-east. It is spread across the Iranian provinces of Khorasan, Semnan, Tehran, Isfahan and Yazd.

^ Wright, John W., ed. (2006). The New York Times Almanac (2007 ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books. p. 456. ISBN 0-14-303820-6.

[nyt-1] Wright, John W., ed. (2006). The New York Times Almanac (2007 ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books. p. 456. ISBN 0-14-303820-6.

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