Key facts
- Length
- 800 km (500 mi)
- Width
- 500 km (310 mi)
- Area
- 77,600 km (30,000 mi )
- Country
- Iran
- Province
- Khorasan , Semnan , Tehran , Isfahan , Yazd
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The Great Salt Desert or Kavir Desert (Persian: دشت کویر, romanized: Dasht-e Kavir, lit. 'Low Plains' in classical Persian, from khwar (low), and dasht (plain, flatland)) 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 km (30,000 sq mi), making it the world's 24th largest desert. The desert stretches from the Alborz mountain range in the north-west to the Lut Desert in the south-east, both forming a natural barrier against migrations eastwards or westwards. It is spread across the Iranian provinces of Khorasan, Semnan, Tehran, Isfahan and Yazd.
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