![]() South Lut has got the richest vegetation and civilization tracks in Lut Plain. Moreover is home to some scattered deserts of salt and gypsum. It is interesting that there are sedimentary and volcanic mountains and hills in the area and they cause earthquakes from time to time.Ĭentral Lut with 162 kilometers length and 52 kilometers width is also known as “Chaleh Lut”. Sounds totally reasonable since this ever-flowing river passes 200 kilometers through the salty lands of the desert. In fact, it is one of the saltiest rivers in the world. So as the name reveals the river is salty. The south part of the area ends with a river, “Rud Shur” in Birjand city. The elements and ups and downs of this area of Lut Plain are mainly gravel, and pebble. ![]() Northern Lut is located in Khorasan Province that’s the reason they call it “Khorasan Lut” also. Lut desert includes three geographical parts. According to experts the hottest spot in the desert is the Central Lute Hole, 75 kilometers away to the east of Shahdad city. Since the Lut desert is rich in iron and has a blackish surface, it absorbs and sustains a lot of sunlight. The property represents an exceptional example of ongoing geological processes.Have you ever heard about the hottest place in the world? It is right here in Iran with about 71 Centigrade degrees which have been recorded in 2009 by the satellites. 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. 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). 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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