Dasht-e Kavir

E309821
desert geographical region salt desert

Dasht-e Kavir is Iran’s vast central salt desert, characterized by arid plains, salt flats, and extreme climatic conditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dasht-e Kavir canonical 5
Central Desert of Iran 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desert ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
salt desert ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Salt Desert ⓘ
Kavir-e Namak ⓘ
approximateArea about 80000 square kilometers ⓘ
biodiversity adapted desert fauna ⓘ
xerophytic vegetation ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
desert climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
drainageType internal drainage ⓘ
economicActivity limited pastoralism ⓘ
salt extraction ⓘ
extendsInto Isfahan region ⓘ
surface form: Isfahan Province

Khorasan ⓘ
surface form: Khorasan provinces

Semnan Province ⓘ
Yazd Province ⓘ
geology sedimentary basin ⓘ
hasCharacteristic extreme temperature variations ⓘ
high evaporation rates ⓘ
sparse vegetation ⓘ
very low precipitation ⓘ
hasFeature gravel plains ⓘ
marshy salt lands ⓘ
playa lakes ⓘ
salt crusts ⓘ
salt flats ⓘ
sand dunes ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Khar Turan National Park ⓘ
surface form: Kavir National Park
hasSeasonalFeature ephemeral lakes ⓘ
seasonal streams ⓘ
humanPopulationDensity very low ⓘ
hydrology endorheic basin ⓘ
knownFor harsh living conditions ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
treacherous salt crusts ⓘ
languageRegion Persian-speaking region ⓘ
locatedIn Iranian plateau ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Plateau

central Iran ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Tehran ⓘ
partOf Iranian plateau ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Plateau deserts

Iranian deserts ⓘ
surfaceMaterial clay ⓘ
gravel ⓘ
salt ⓘ
sand ⓘ
tourism desert tourism ⓘ
stargazing ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yazd → locatedInDesert → Dasht-e Kavir ⓘ
Iranian plateau → contains → Dasht-e Kavir ⓘ
Afro-Eurasian desert belt → contains → Dasht-e Kavir ⓘ
Semnan Province → hasDesert → Dasht-e Kavir ⓘ
central Iran → bordersRegion → Dasht-e Kavir ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Iran
this entity surface form: Central Desert of Iran
central Iran → bordersRegion → Dasht-e Kavir ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Iran