![]() The eastern part of Dasht-e Loot is a low plateau covered with salt flats. During the spring wet season, water briefly flows down from the Kerman mountains, but it soon dries up, leaving behind only rocks, sand, and salt. The area of the desert is about 51,800 square kilometres (20,000 sq mi). The other large basin is the Dasht-e Kavir. ![]() Dasht-e Loot is one of the largest of these desert basins, 480 kilometers (300 mi) long and 320 kilometers (200 mi) wide,and is considered to be one of the driest places on Earth. Iran's geography consists of a plateau surrounded by mountains and divided into drainage basins. As a result, the desert is largely an abiotic zone. In near-tropical deserts, elevated areas capture most precipitation. The patchy, elongated, light-colored feature in the foreground (parallel to the mountain range) is the northernmost of the Dasht dry lakes that stretch southward 300 kilometers (190 mi). The property represents an exceptional example of ongoing geological processes.Iran is climatically part of the Afro-Asian belt of deserts, which stretches from the Cape Verde islands off West Africa all the way to Mongolia near Beijing, China. It also contains extensive stony deserts and dune fields. Consequently, the site presents some of the most spectacular examples of aeolian yardang landforms (massive corrugated ridges). Between June and October, this arid subtropical area is swept by strong winds, which transport sediment and cause aeolian erosion on a colossal scale. The Lut Desert, or Dasht-e-Lut, is located in the south-east of the country. According to a local legend, the name (in translation from Persian - “Toasted wheat”) originates from an accident where a load of wheat was left in the desert which was then scorched by the heat in a few days. The hottest part of Dasht-e Lut is Gandom Beryan, a large plateau covered in dark lava, approximately 480 square kilometers (190 sq mi) in area. Precision of measurements is 0.5 K to 1 K. Measurements of MODIS (Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) installed on NASA’s Aqua satellite from 2003 to 2010 testify that the hottest land surface on Earth is located in Dasht-e Lut and land surface temperatures reach here 70.7 ☌ (159.3 ☏), though the air temperature is cooler. ![]() Yardangs in Lut Desert, Kerman Province, Iran. The southeast is a vast expanse of sand, like a Saharan erg, with dunes 300 meters (980 ft) high, among the tallest in the world. This area is also riddled with ravines and sinkholes. 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 meters (246 ft) in height. The eastern part of Dasht-e Lut is a low plateau covered with salt flats. During the spring wet season, water briefly flows down from the Kerman mountains, but it soon dries up, leaving behind only rocks, sand, and salt. The other large basin is the Dasht-e Kavir. Dasht-e Lut is one of the largest of these desert basins, 480 kilometers (300 mi) long and 320 kilometers (200 mi) wide, and is considered to be one of the driest places on Earth.Īrea of the desert is about 51,800 square kilometers (20,000 sq mi). Iran’s geography consists of a plateau surrounded by mountains and divided into drainage basins. As a result, the desert is largely an abiotic zone. Iran is climatically part of the Afro-Asian belt of deserts, which stretches from the Cape Verde islands off West Africa all the way to Mongolia near Beijing, China.
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